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ABSTRACTS.–.Contributed.Oral.Papers
a.resource.for.use.by.future.generations.of.researchers.
The.procedures.and.protocol.implemented.to.date.in.the.formulation.of.the.Bio.Bank.will.be.discussed..
257 The Ancient Egyptian Animal Bio Bank – Preliminary Results
of the Northern England Pilot Study,.LIDIJA McKNIGHT*, A.R.
DAVID, STEPHANIE ATHERTON, CONSTANCE LORD,
and KATHERINE CURRIE (KNH. Centre. for. Biomedical.
Egyptology,.University.of.Manchester,.3.507AStopford.Building,.
Oxford.Road,.Manchester,.M13.9PT,.United.Kingdom;.lidija.mcknight@manchester.ac.uk).
The. first. stage. mailing. of. the.Ancient. Egyptian.Animal. Bio.
Bank. identified. a. large. number. of. animal. mummies. located. in.
museum.collections.in.Northern.England..In.order.to.test.the.principles.of.the.Bio.Bank.and.to.assess.the.viability.of.the.resource,.a.
range.of.non-invasive.and.minimally.invasive.scientific.techniques.
have.been.employed.to.discover.their.potential.value.on.material.
of.this.nature..
Radiography. (X-ray. and. CT. scanning). have. been. employed.
where. possible. in. order. to. obtain. a. non-invasive. insight. into.
the. contents. of. the. bundles. and. the. methods. of. mummification.
employed.. Samples. obtained. from. the. mummies. were. analysed.
using.combinations.of.Microscopy,.Environmental.Scanning.Electron.Microscopy.(ESEM),.Histology.and.Gas.Chromatography.–.
Mass. Spectrometry. (GC-MS). dependent. on. the. specific. research.
questions.being.asked..
This.paper.will.present.the.preliminary.results.from.the.pilot.
study.and.a.discussion.of.what.the.results.mean.to.the.future.direction.of.the.Bio.Bank.as.a.conservation.measure.and.as.a.resource.
for.researchers.
258 Pathology in Sacred Bird Remains: Evidence of Sub-standard
Husbandry in Ancient Egypt? STEPHANIE ATHERTON (KNH.
Centre.for.Biomedical.Egyptology,.University.of.Manchester,.UK;.
Stephanie.Atherton@postgrad.manchester.ac.uk).
Little.research.has.concerned.the.possibility.that.sub-standard.
rearing.conditions.may.have.contributed.to.the.health.and.disease.
of.sacred.birds.at.ancient.Egyptian.temple.complexes..Biological.
research.has.shown.that.specific.components.of.a.captive.habitat.for.
wild.animals.are.crucial.factors.for.successful.breeding.and.rearing.
programmes..The.first.part.of.the.research.comprises.a.study.of.the.
ancient.Egyptian.temple.complexes.to.identify.and.assess.captive.
habitats.as.a.result.of.archaeological.and.literary.evidence..Examples.of.this.include.sector.7,.block.3.at.Saqqara,.which.is.described.
as.an.“artificial.incubation.area”.for.rearing.Ibis.and.Falcon.species;.
Tuna.el-Gebel,.which.has.been.described.as.a.“natural.biotope”.and.
the.first.Ibiotropheia;.and.the.temple.of.Edfu,.which.describes.the.
Festival.of.the.Coronation.of.the.Sacred.Falcon,.an.annual.celebration.when.a.sacred.bird.is.chosen.from.many.kept.within.the.temple.
in.which.the.god.Re.is.manifest..Accompanying.this.research.is.the.
examination.of.a.number.of.bird.mummies,.with.wrapped.specimens.being.radiologically.analysed.as.a.preservation.measure..The.
results.include.interesting.pathological.conditions.including.Harris.
Lines.and.healed.fractures,.which.may.point.to.sub-standard.husbandry.in.captive.habitats.at.ancient.Egyptian.temple.complexes.
259 IMPACT – A PACS Based Collaborative Mummy Database
Project, ANDREW J. NELSON 1 *, ANDREW D. WADE 1 , and
GREG GARVIN 2 . ( 1 The. University. of. Western. Ontario;. 2 St..
Josephs’.Health.Care,.London.X-ray.Associates;.anelson@uwo.ca).
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Many. advanced. imaging. applications. involve. the. detailed.
analysis.of.one.or.a.few.images.or.objects..This.is.due.to.two.main.
reasons:.the.time.intensive.nature.of.advanced.image.analysis.and.
the.difficulty.of.storing.and.accessing.advanced.image.datasets..The.
storage.and.access.issue.is.particularly.true.for.the.DICOM.data.
sets. derived. from. CT. and. microCT. scanners..These. datasets. can.
be.extremely.large.and.they.cannot.be.handled.by.regular.database.
software.. This. paper. reports. on. a. project. that. is. currently. under.
development.that.is.designed.to.create.a.large.scale.collaborative.
database. of. mummy. studies. using. a. radiological. Picture.Archive.
and.Communication.System..Mummy.studies.is.a.field.that.is.characterized.
by. case. studies,. or. by. studies. of. small. series. of. mummies..This.is.largely.due.to.the.fact.that.few.mummies.have.been.
x-rayed.or.CT.scanned.and.the.studies.that.do.exist.are.very.difficult.
to. access..This. project. aims. to. establish. a. database. of. radiological.studies.of.mummies.by.inviting.individual.scholars.or.institutions.
to. contribute. their. individual. studies. and. to. collaboratively.
construct.a.much.larger.study.sample.than.could.be.possible.in.any.
other.way..In.this.paper.we.will.explore.the.issues.that.need.to.be.
solved.for.this.project.to.work..These.issues.fall.into.several.categories.–.issues.of.a.technical.nature,.issues.of.intellectual.property.and.
issues.of.control.and.access..The.resolution.of.these.issues.will.have.
important.implications.for.the.area.of.advanced.image.analysis.in.
bioarchaeology.
260 Re-thinking Anthracosis: A Critical Re-examination of a
Diagnostic Trend (Case Study from a 19 th Century West Virginian
Mummy), JULIA WOODWARD 1 *, CATHERINE GAITHER 1 ,
RAMONE GONzALEz 2 , RONALD G. BECKETT 2 , GER-
ALD J. CONLOGUE 2 , CARLyNE COOL 3,4 , and STEVE
GROSHONG 4 .( 1 Metropolitan.State.College.of.Denver;. 2 Quinnipiac.University;.
3 University.of.Colorado,.Denver;. 4 National.Jewish.
Health;.jhwoodw@yahoo.co.uk).
The.specific.aims.of.the.study.was.to.first.biopsy.a.lesion.noted.
on.plane.radiographs.and.computed.tomography.scan.taken.in.2001.
and.then.to.rehydrate.and.examine.the.tissue.for.pathology.
The. biopsy. was. performed. on. a. female. mummy. from.West.
Virginia,. who. had. died. in. 1888.. The. procedure. was. done. at. the.
Barbour.County.Historical.Society.Museum.in.Philippi,.West.Virginia..Approximately.half.the.lesion.was.removed.for.processing..
Samples. were. processed. at. National. Jewish. Health. laboratories.
using.a.modified.version.of.the.Sandison.technique.to.rehydrate..
They.were.then.placed.in.a.tissue.processor,.embedded.in.paraplast.
x-tra,.mounted.on.slides,.and.routinely.stained.with.hematoxylin.
and.eosin.
. Outcomes:. Severe. emphysema. and. moderate. to. marked.
anthracosis.were.found..Research.into.anthracosis.revealed.generalized.use.of.the.term.to.describe.black.carbon.pigmentation.in.the.
lungs,.despite.the.fact.that.medical.literature.defines.anthracosis.as.
a.form.of.pneumoconiosis.marked.specifically.by.the.presence.of.
coal.dust.in.the.lungs..Because.the.mineral.source.determines.particle.
distribution. and. subsequent. lesion. development,. differential.
diagnosis.between.the.different.forms.of.pneumoconiosis,.such.as.
silicosis,.should.be.employed..Determining.the.source.of.the.pigmentation.may.be.a.vital.regional.or.economic.determinate.
261 Elmer McCurdy, Mummified “Outlaw” from Oklahoma’s Wild
West, JUDy MyERS SUCHEy (Forensic.Anthropologist,.Department.of.the.Coroner,.1104.North.Mission.Road,.Los.Angeles,.CA.
90033;.jmsuchey@aol.com).