Significance of mineral grains in clothing and skins from the mummy graves
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.7146/mog-ms.v12.146618Abstract
A description of the geology and topography around the burial site is given. Mineral grains washed out from the mummies' clothing and other skins were studied under the microscope and compared with the mineralogical composition of the local rocks and the beach sands below the graves.
The significance of 'foreign' minerals lodged in the skins as indicators of the ancient people's wanderings in the Uummannaq area is discussed.
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1990-01-26
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