Medical University Vienna, Department of Radiology, Waehringer Guertel 18-20, Vienna, Austria.
Eur J Radiol. 2010 Nov;76(2):143-50. doi: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2009.07.009. Epub 2009 Aug 6.
To assess the imaging findings in Chachapoyan mummies of Peru through multidetector computed tomography (MDCT).
Twelve human mummies and three burial objects from Laguna de los Cóndores, Peru, about 500-1000 years old, were studied, using a MDCT unit. In addition to the standard whole-body acquisitions, high-resolution scans from areas of particular interest were acquired individually (e.g., temporal bone, teeth).
Eight mummies were female, three male, and sex was indeterminable in one mummy; the age of the mummies included newborn, 0.7 years, 2.5 years, 13 years, 13 years, 16 years, and six between 20 and 40 years old. The stature of the mummies was reconstructed (mean±standard deviation; adults: 145±14cm, adolescents: 116±17cm, 2.5 years old child: 72cm, newborns: 41±3cm). Dental conditions were compromised in seven and excellent in five mummies. Besides a dislocation of the ossicles, temporal bones and ears were normal in all mummies. An occipital osteoma, a tuberculous spondylodiscitis, and also probable tuberculous erosions at one tarsal joint and one sacral bone, osteoarthritis or tuberculous affection of a sacroiliac joint, as well as five cases of pulmonary tuberculosis were observed. Ten mummies were buried in the fetal position, two were found packaged in bundles; the burial technique was studied in detail. A necklace was found with one mummy. The added burial objects were identified as skeletal parts of two leopardis pardalis and one lagothrix flavicauda.
MDCT non-invasively revealed information about age, sex, stature, diseases, burial practices and other cultural aspects of the Chachapoyas.
通过多排螺旋 CT（MDCT）评估秘鲁查查波亚斯木乃伊的影像学表现。
对来自秘鲁 Laguna de los Cóndores 的 12 具人类木乃伊和 3 件随葬品进行了研究，使用 MDCT 设备。除了进行标准的全身采集外，还分别对特定感兴趣区域进行了高分辨率扫描（例如，颞骨、牙齿）。
8 具木乃伊为女性，3 具为男性，1 具性别无法确定；木乃伊的年龄包括新生儿、0.7 岁、2.5 岁、13 岁、13 岁、16 岁和 6 名 20-40 岁之间的人。通过重建木乃伊的身高（平均值±标准差；成年人：145±14cm，青少年：116±17cm，2.5 岁儿童：72cm，新生儿：41±3cm）。7 具木乃伊的牙齿状况较差，5 具木乃伊的牙齿状况较好。除了听小骨脱位外，所有木乃伊的颞骨和耳朵均正常。发现 1 例枕骨骨瘤、1 例结核性脊椎炎、1 例跗骨关节和 1 例骶骨可能的结核性侵蚀、1 例骨关节炎或结核性骶髂关节病变以及 5 例肺结核。10 具木乃伊呈胎儿体位埋葬，2 具木乃伊呈包裹状；详细研究了埋葬技术。一具木乃伊身上发现了一条项链。附加的随葬品被鉴定为 2 只豹猫和 1 只黄腿渔鸮的骨骼部分。
MDCT 非侵入性地揭示了查查波亚斯人的年龄、性别、身高、疾病、埋葬习俗和其他文化方面的信息。
