Wu Z, Guan Y, Zhou Z
Forschungsabteilung der Ultrastrukturellen Pathologie, Tongji Medizinische Universität, Wuhan.
J Tongji Med Univ. 1996;16(1):1-5, 10. doi: 10.1007/BF02889033.
An ancient female corpse excavated from the robbed tomb No. 1 at Guo-Jia-Gang in Jingmen city of Hubei Province was studied. It was confirmed that the corpse was buried more than 2,300 years ago, namely at the middle stage of the Warring States period and is the earliest one of the ancient coffin corpses unearthed in China so far. It is of the same type as the ancient corpses of Weatern Han Dynasty excavated from tomb No. 1 at Ma-Wang-Dui in Changsha City and from the tomb No. 168 at Phoenix Hill in Jinagling City respectively. The collagenous fibers of connective tissue from all parts in the corpse were well preserved, showing fine ultrastructure with clear periodical cross banding, and a lot of bacterial spores were found between them. In addition, a large number of eggs of clonorchis sinensis and trichuris trichiura were found in the content of the bowel. The level and the cause of good preservation were discussed and it was believed that the good preservation may result from the combined effect of the internal and external environmental factors around the corpse.
对从湖北省荆门市郭店一号被盗墓中出土的一具古代女性尸体进行了研究。经确认，该尸体下葬于2300多年前，即战国中期，是迄今为止中国出土的最早的古棺尸体之一。它与分别从长沙市马王堆一号墓和江陵凤凰山168号墓出土的西汉古尸属于同一类型。尸体各部位结缔组织的胶原纤维保存完好，超微结构精细，有清晰的周期性横纹，其间发现大量细菌孢子。此外，在肠道内容物中发现大量华支睾吸虫和鞭虫虫卵。探讨了尸体保存完好的程度及原因，认为尸体保存完好可能是尸体周围内外环境因素共同作用的结果。
