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Vol. 80 No. 1 (2005): V World Congress on Mummy Studies - Turin, Italy, 2nd-5th September 2004
https://doi.org/10.4081/jbr.2005.10130

Mummy studies and parasite infections in Brazil

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Received: 15 September 2021
Published: 31 December 2005
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Mummified bodies are unexpected finds in archaeological sites of tropical countries. Rain forests and humid climate provide poor environmental conditions to preserve organic remains. However, South American tropical environments also include dry savanna, such as the caatinga and the cerrado Brazilian biomes, as well as cold Highlands, where naturally mummified human bodies have been found in archaeological sites. [...]

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Mummy studies and parasite infections in Brazil. (2005). Journal of Biological Research - Bollettino Della Società Italiana Di Biologia Sperimentale, 80(1). https://doi.org/10.4081/jbr.2005.10130