Morphological characteristics of hair of Egyptian mummies compared with hair from US Caucasoids, Mediterranean workers and Chinese

  • T.B. Ball (Contributor)
  • W. Griggs (Contributor)
  • M. Kuchar (Contributor)
  • R. Phillips (Contributor)
  • N. Iskander (Contributor)
  • W.M. Hess (Contributor)

Dataset

Description

The overall conclusions based on Turkey tests of hair are that there are significant morphometric differences between hair taken from different racial types and from different sexes within the racial types. The mummy hair analysed most resembled Caucasoid hair in terms of size, but Mediterranean hair in terms of shape. (OEB)
Date made available21 Aug 2024
PublisherMacquarie University

Keywords

  • Graeco-Roman Egypt
  • paleo-anthropology
  • Fayum necropolis

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