Michael R Zimmerman
Biographic Data
| ID | 4053974 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Michael R Zimmerman |
| GIVEN NAMES | Michael R |
| FAMILY NAME | Zimmerman |
| SIGNATURE | ZIMMERMAN M R |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Pennsylvania |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 27 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 13 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1972 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2004 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Trepanation
The first International Colloquium on Cranial Trepanation in Human History convened eighty-nine scholars from sixteen countries at the University of Birmingham (U.K.) in April 2000. The organizer, Robert Arnott, with his co-editors, recognized the need to have this conference published in book form. Having been on both ends of this process, I can state that such efforts are rewarding but also extremely trying for the editors and contributors. The…
Human Mummification Practices at Ismant El-Kharab
An estimated 169 inhumations were identified in 15 tomb chambers of the west cemetery at the Roman Period site of Ismant el-Kharab (Kellis) in Egypt's Dakhleh Oasis in the western desert. Of these, 50 were in the form of mummified human remains, about half of which represented deliberate, anthropogenic (‘artificial’) mummification. Comparison of mortuary practices with contemporary ones of the Nile Valley revealed some general similarities but al…
Human Mummification Practices at Ismant el-Kharab
Alaskan and Aleutian mummies
In contrast to the many mummies that have been studied from other parts of the world, only a few mummified bodies from the Arctic have been subjected to paleopathologic examination. The frigid climate of Alaska proper has resulted in the production of frozen mummies with remarkable preservation of histologic detail. In contrast, the cool damp climate of the Aleutian Islands would seem to be poorly suited to mummification but cultural practices ha…
Brief communication
Replication in a modern human cadaver of ancient Egyptian mummification focused on tools used by ancient Egyptian embalmers, the use of natron (a mixture of sodium carbonate, bicarbonate, and chloride) in the preparation of the mummy, surgical procedures in the removal of the viscera and brain, and histologic examination of the viscera. The first three areas have been reported separately (Brier and Wade [1997] ZAS 124:89-100). In this paper, we d…
Unwrapping a Mummy
Reviewed by: Unwrapping a Mummy: The Life, Death, and Embalming of Horemkenesi Michael R. Zimmerman John H. Taylor. Unwrapping a Mummy: The Life, Death, and Embalming of Horemkenesi. Egyptian Bookshelf. London: British Museum Press in association with Bristol Museums and Art Gallery, 1995. 111 pp. Ill. £9.99 (paperbound). This slender paperback volume reports the examination of the mummy of Horemkenesi, an eleventh-century B.C. Egyptian priest in…
The Archaeology of Disease (review)
Reviewed by: The Archaeology of Disease Michael R. Zimmerman Charlotte Roberts and Keith Manchester. The Archaeology of Disease. 2d ed. Ithaca, N.Y.: Cornell University Press, 1995. x + 243 pp. Ill. $39.95. This survey of paleopathology, fitting midway along the continuum between educated laymen and paleopathologists, will appeal to the general public, students, archeologists, anthropologists, and medical and other scientists. At the start, backg…
T. Aidan Cockburn, 1912–1981
Trauma and trephination in a Peruvian mummy
A multidisciplinary team participated in the examination of a colonial era Peruvian mummy. This young adult male had suffered multiple cranial and facial wounds and fractures and he died soon after trephination. Other pathologic findings were limited to the lungs, which showed anthracosilicosis and possible fibrosis. The observed pathology is linked to the two major health hazards of the early colonial era, physical trauma and silver mining. Ther…
Paleopathologic diagnosis based on experimental mummification
The difficulties of diagnosis of pathologic conditions are immensely magnified when the subject of a postmortem examination has been postmortem for several hundreds to thousands of years. Artefacts of decomposition and bacterial and fungal invasion are compounded upon those of rehydration when mummified tissue is examined. As an approach to these problems, a study of the changes seen in experimentally mummified and rehydrated tissues was undertak…
The Mummies of the Tomb of Nebwenenef
Site de Dra Abu el-Naga, Haute-Egypte. Tombe du premier grand-pretre d'Amon, sous Ramses II. Momies et fragments de squelettes recueillis par une equipe du University of Pennsylvania Museum, et etudies en 1974 par l'A. au point de vue paleopathologique. Maladies decelees: tuberculose, arteriosclerose, tumeur benigne, paralysie, parasitose, malnutrition
Tattooing Found on a 1600 Year Old Frozen, Mummified Body from St. Lawrence Island, Alaska
Beach erosion at Cape Kialegak, St. Lawrence Island, Alaska, revealed the frozen, naturally mummified body of a 1600 year old Eskimo woman. The body has extensive tattooing on the dorsal aspects of both the right and left forearms, hands and fingers. The tattooing pattern corresponds with known design patterns for the Old Bering Sea phase
Histological examination of experimentally mummified tissues
Tissue mummified by desiccation can be examined histologically after rehydration with Ruffer's solution, and a number of natural mummies have been studied by this technique. In order to study the efficacy of the rehydration process, and to evaluate the degree of artefact introduced, normal human tissues were desiccated, rehydrated, and examined histologically. There was generally good preservation of architecture and moderate preservation of cell…
Tattooing Found on a 1600 Year Old Frozen, Mummified Body from St. Lawrence Island, Alaska
Beach erosion at Cape Kialegak, St. Lawrence Island, Alaska, revealed the frozen, naturally mummified body of a 1600 year old Eskimo woman. The body has extensive tattooing on the dorsal aspects of both the right and left forearms, hands and fingers. The tattooing pattern corresponds with known design patterns for the Old Bering Sea phase
Trauma and trephination in a Peruvian mummy
A multidisciplinary team participated in the examination of a colonial era Peruvian mummy. This young adult male had suffered multiple cranial and facial wounds and fractures and he died soon after trephination. Other pathologic findings were limited to the lungs, which showed anthracosilicosis and possible fibrosis. The observed pathology is linked to the two major health hazards of the early colonial era, physical trauma and silver mining. Ther…
The Mummies of the Tomb of Nebwenenef
Site de Dra Abu el-Naga, Haute-Egypte. Tombe du premier grand-pretre d'Amon, sous Ramses II. Momies et fragments de squelettes recueillis par une equipe du University of Pennsylvania Museum, et etudies en 1974 par l'A. au point de vue paleopathologique. Maladies decelees: tuberculose, arteriosclerose, tumeur benigne, paralysie, parasitose, malnutrition
T. Aidan Cockburn, 1912–1981
Paleopathologic diagnosis based on experimental mummification
The difficulties of diagnosis of pathologic conditions are immensely magnified when the subject of a postmortem examination has been postmortem for several hundreds to thousands of years. Artefacts of decomposition and bacterial and fungal invasion are compounded upon those of rehydration when mummified tissue is examined. As an approach to these problems, a study of the changes seen in experimentally mummified and rehydrated tissues was undertak…
Histological examination of experimentally mummified tissues
Tissue mummified by desiccation can be examined histologically after rehydration with Ruffer's solution, and a number of natural mummies have been studied by this technique. In order to study the efficacy of the rehydration process, and to evaluate the degree of artefact introduced, normal human tissues were desiccated, rehydrated, and examined histologically. There was generally good preservation of architecture and moderate preservation of cell…
Histological examination of experimentally mummified tissues
Tissue mummified by desiccation can be examined histologically after rehydration with Ruffer's solution, and a number of natural mummies have been studied by this technique. In order to study the efficacy of the rehydration process, and to evaluate the degree of artefact introduced, normal human tissues were desiccated, rehydrated, and examined histologically. There was generally good preservation of architecture and moderate preservation of cell…
Tattooing Found on a 1600 Year Old Frozen, Mummified Body from St. Lawrence Island, Alaska
Beach erosion at Cape Kialegak, St. Lawrence Island, Alaska, revealed the frozen, naturally mummified body of a 1600 year old Eskimo woman. The body has extensive tattooing on the dorsal aspects of both the right and left forearms, hands and fingers. The tattooing pattern corresponds with known design patterns for the Old Bering Sea phase
The Mummies of the Tomb of Nebwenenef
Site de Dra Abu el-Naga, Haute-Egypte. Tombe du premier grand-pretre d'Amon, sous Ramses II. Momies et fragments de squelettes recueillis par une equipe du University of Pennsylvania Museum, et etudies en 1974 par l'A. au point de vue paleopathologique. Maladies decelees: tuberculose, arteriosclerose, tumeur benigne, paralysie, parasitose, malnutrition
Paleopathologic diagnosis based on experimental mummification
The difficulties of diagnosis of pathologic conditions are immensely magnified when the subject of a postmortem examination has been postmortem for several hundreds to thousands of years. Artefacts of decomposition and bacterial and fungal invasion are compounded upon those of rehydration when mummified tissue is examined. As an approach to these problems, a study of the changes seen in experimentally mummified and rehydrated tissues was undertak…
Trauma and trephination in a Peruvian mummy
A multidisciplinary team participated in the examination of a colonial era Peruvian mummy. This young adult male had suffered multiple cranial and facial wounds and fractures and he died soon after trephination. Other pathologic findings were limited to the lungs, which showed anthracosilicosis and possible fibrosis. The observed pathology is linked to the two major health hazards of the early colonial era, physical trauma and silver mining. Ther…
T. Aidan Cockburn, 1912–1981
The Archaeology of Disease (review)
Reviewed by: The Archaeology of Disease Michael R. Zimmerman Charlotte Roberts and Keith Manchester. The Archaeology of Disease. 2d ed. Ithaca, N.Y.: Cornell University Press, 1995. x + 243 pp. Ill. $39.95. This survey of paleopathology, fitting midway along the continuum between educated laymen and paleopathologists, will appeal to the general public, students, archeologists, anthropologists, and medical and other scientists. At the start, backg…
Unwrapping a Mummy
Reviewed by: Unwrapping a Mummy: The Life, Death, and Embalming of Horemkenesi Michael R. Zimmerman John H. Taylor. Unwrapping a Mummy: The Life, Death, and Embalming of Horemkenesi. Egyptian Bookshelf. London: British Museum Press in association with Bristol Museums and Art Gallery, 1995. 111 pp. Ill. £9.99 (paperbound). This slender paperback volume reports the examination of the mummy of Horemkenesi, an eleventh-century B.C. Egyptian priest in…
Alaskan and Aleutian mummies
In contrast to the many mummies that have been studied from other parts of the world, only a few mummified bodies from the Arctic have been subjected to paleopathologic examination. The frigid climate of Alaska proper has resulted in the production of frozen mummies with remarkable preservation of histologic detail. In contrast, the cool damp climate of the Aleutian Islands would seem to be poorly suited to mummification but cultural practices ha…
Brief communication
Replication in a modern human cadaver of ancient Egyptian mummification focused on tools used by ancient Egyptian embalmers, the use of natron (a mixture of sodium carbonate, bicarbonate, and chloride) in the preparation of the mummy, surgical procedures in the removal of the viscera and brain, and histologic examination of the viscera. The first three areas have been reported separately (Brier and Wade [1997] ZAS 124:89-100). In this paper, we d…
Human Mummification Practices at Ismant El-Kharab
An estimated 169 inhumations were identified in 15 tomb chambers of the west cemetery at the Roman Period site of Ismant el-Kharab (Kellis) in Egypt's Dakhleh Oasis in the western desert. Of these, 50 were in the form of mummified human remains, about half of which represented deliberate, anthropogenic (‘artificial’) mummification. Comparison of mortuary practices with contemporary ones of the Nile Valley revealed some general similarities but al…
Human Mummification Practices at Ismant el-Kharab
Trepanation
The first International Colloquium on Cranial Trepanation in Human History convened eighty-nine scholars from sixteen countries at the University of Birmingham (U.K.) in April 2000. The organizer, Robert Arnott, with his co-editors, recognized the need to have this conference published in book form. Having been on both ends of this process, I can state that such efforts are rewarding but also extremely trying for the editors and contributors. The…
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