Mumije u crkvi Santa Maria Delle Grazie, Calascio: novo nalazište u regiji Abruzzo, središnja Italija

The inner Abruzzo region, corresponding to the province of L’Aquila, is a land of mountains and highlands in central Italy. Its environmental conditions greatly foster spontaneous mummification, and the area is well known for the human mummies found in the last decades. We present a newly discovered...

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Veröffentlicht in:Collegium antropologicum 2022, Vol.46 (4), p.295-299
Hauptverfasser: Ventura, Luca, Traversari, Mirko, D'Altri, Gianni, Castellani, Luca, Ianella, Mattia, Vaccarelli, Ilaria
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Zusammenfassung:The inner Abruzzo region, corresponding to the province of L’Aquila, is a land of mountains and highlands in central Italy. Its environmental conditions greatly foster spontaneous mummification, and the area is well known for the human mummies found in the last decades. We present a newly discovered collection of mummified remains in the village of Calascio, located 1,210 meters above sea level, near Gran Sasso Mountain. Here, the Franciscan convent of Santa Maria delle Grazie was built in 1594. The preliminary survey of a crypt in the conventual church allowed us to observe wooden coffins with at least seven mummified bodies still in their clothes, and several bony remains. Most likely, the mummies date back to the second half of the 19th century, and belonged to laypersons. Preservation was certainly due to the cold dry environment of the crypt. The recovery of the entire series will take place through speleological techniques according to stratigraphic relationships, in order to trace a bioanthropological profile of this small community members. Unutrašnjost regije Abruzzo, koja odgovara pokrajini L’Aquila, planinsko je područje u središnjoj Italiji. Njegovi ekološki uvjeti uvelike potiču spontanu mumifikaciju, a područje je dobro poznato po ljudskim mumijama pronađenim u posljednjim desetljećima. Predstavljamo novootkrivenu zbirku mumificiranih ostataka u selu Calascio, smještenom na 1210 metara nadmorske visine, u blizini planine Gran Sasso. Tu je 1594. godine sagrađen franjevački samostan Santa Maria delle Grazie. Preliminarno istraživanje kripte u samostanskoj crkvi omogućilo nam je pregled drvenih lijesova s najmanje sedam mumificiranih tijela još uvijek u odjeći i nekoliko koštanih ostataka. Mumije najvjerojatnije potječu iz druge polovice 19. stoljeća, a pripadale su laicima. Njihova očuvanost je posljedica hladnog i suhog okoliša kripte. Prikupljanje cijele serije odvijat će se speleološkim tehnikama u skladu sa stratigrafskim odnosima, kako bi se pratio bioantropološki profil pripadnika ove male zajednice.
ISSN:0350-6134
1848-9486
DOI:10.5671/ca.46.4.5