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Department of faculty member
Anthropology
Publication Date
Fall 2012
Country
Nepal
Keywords
Nepal, ancient funerary ritual, human-made caves, upper mustang
Disciplines
Archaeological Anthropology | Asian Studies | International and Area Studies
Abstract
Evidence of what might be an ancient funerary defleshing ritual found in human-made caves in the Upper Mustang region of Nepal has been discovered by WMU bio-archaeologist Dr. Jacqueline Eng as a member of a research team that is funded in part by the National Geographic Society.