Boano Rosa, Grilletto Renato, Rabino Massa Emma
Università di Torino, Dipartimento di Scienza della Vitae Biologia dei Sistemi, Laboratorio di Antropologia, Torino, I.
Med Secoli. 2013;25(1):251-65.
The creation of large scientific collections has been an important development for anthropological and paleopathological research. Indeed the biological collections are irreplaceable reference systems for the biological reconstruction of past population. They also assume the important role of anthropological archives and, in the global description of man, permit the integration of historical data with those from bio-anthropolgical research. Thinking about the role of mummies and bones as scientific resources, best practice of preservation of ancient specimens should be of high priority for institution and researchers. By way of example, the authors mention their experience regarding ancient human remains preserved in the Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography at the University of Turin.
大型科学藏品的创建对人类学和古病理学研究而言是一项重要进展。实际上，生物藏品是过去人群生物学重建中不可替代的参考系统。它们还承担着人类学档案的重要角色，并且在对人类的全面描述中，使历史数据能够与生物人类学研究数据相结合。考虑到木乃伊和骨骼作为科学资源的作用，对于机构和研究人员来说，古代标本的最佳保存方法应被置于高度优先的地位。例如，作者提到了他们在都灵大学人类学与民族学博物馆保存的古代人类遗骸方面的经验。
