Temperature and Humidity in the Base-floors of Three Northern Finnish Churches Containing 17th–19th-century Burials

Temperature and Humidity in the Base-floors of Three Northern Finnish Churches Containing 17th–19th-century Burials

Natural mummification occurs in various favorable conditions. Cold environments have produced mummified human remains in northern Finland. These remains buried under the church floors mummified naturally probably through a process resembling freeze-drying. This chapter explores the conditions that l...

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Main Authors: Tiina Väre, Annemari Tranberg, Sanna Lipkin, Titta Kallio-Seppä, Lauri Väre, Juho-Antti Junno, Sirpa Niinimäki, Nora Nurminen, Anniina Kuha
Format: Article
Language:deu
Published: Lodz University Press 2020-12-01
Series:Acta Universitatis Lodziensis: Folia Archaeologica
Subjects:
early modern
church archaeology
mummification
finland
Online Access:https://czasopisma.uni.lodz.pl/archaeo/article/view/9499

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