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Show The Daily Utah Chronicle - Page Monday, November Six at U. contained Box left By Mike Carter Associated Press Writer American artifacts on federal or Native American lands probably carried the mummy from its burial Law officers believe looters museum, said University of Utah . Police Chief Wayne Shepard. about 600 A.D. until 1350 A.D. Anthropologists, say the Anasazi secretary received an anonymous call Oct. 11 from a woman who said her husband had found the mummy, knew having it was illegal have seen. Police thought a suspicious package left on the steps of the University of Utah's Museum of Natural History might contain a revealed the bomb, but an X-ra- bones of a 1,000-year-ol- y mummy. d Authorities say the remains, packed into a Sears box, likely belong to a member of color-televisi- on the ancient Anasazi Native cave in the southwest desert, where the Anasazi, "or Ancient Ones," farmed and hunted from are the ancestors of Hopi and Pueblo Native Americans of today. Second thoughts and stiff penalties for pilfering Native significant archaeological sites have led to laws prohibiting scavenging on federal lands. led the anonymous finders to "donate" the remains to the The mummy was folded into a fetal position and covered with a woven robe. Feathers or tufts of rabbit fur covered the lower extremities. The skull, apparently severed during excavation, lay The chief said a museum and wondered whether amid the museum wanted it. The caller told the employee to look on. the back steps and hung up, Shepard said. Police were called and showed vague outlines of bones instead of bomb's wires and batteries. Frustrated by test performance that does not reflect your knowledge? , Do you f reeze up or block on exams? Join the coping with Test Anxiety Workshop. Begins today. Five Sessions. Mondays and Wednesdays, Noon Hours. To register, call 581-68- given its apparent age. "It's a very rare find," added University oi Utah anthropologist John McCullough. "We have very few specimens of that time period available." 1113-112- 7. corpse's dessicated condition to the Anasazi burial practice of placing the dead in caves away from predators and the elements. Grey The professor said much valuable data is lost, however, throughout the southwestern United temperature and humidity enhance mummification. That state of preservation has allowed Grey and McCullough to draw a few conclusions about the mummy and its culture. "But it is hard to get too specific," Grey said, mostly because artifacts from the gravesite or its location were not available, added McCullough. While the exact age of the remains isn't known, McCullough Looting and damage to potentially between 800 A.D. and 1200 A.D. standpoint, whatever information we could have gleaned has been largely lost." Wmsib constant cave's the said that from an archaeological Thousands of ancient Native American dwellings scattered University Counseling Center the credited McCullough because the burial site is unknown. "It's unfortunate from two aspects. Foremost is that a burial was disturbed in a most It's unceremonious way. desecration," he said. "Second is or stop in the Counseling Center at 450 SSB. 26 Utah State Medical Examiner Todd Grey said he found the mummy in "remarkable" shape . packing polystryrene material between the feet. The torso and legs were covered skin. with brown, parchment-lik- e still were toenails and Fingernails evident. "We don't see mummified remains that often," Grey said. "I see homicide victims who have been dead for two or three years, and they're bones. "This is a really nice example of what can happen to human remains in a dry, warm and protected environment," he said. X-ra- ys Test Anxiety? mummy ?000-yeair-o- ld American tribe. Anthropologists and pathologists say the rare find is among the best preserved they States attract artifact hunters. m 13, 1989 estimates it falls somewhere The flattened back of the head means the remains are Native American, Grey said, because early Native Americans often strapped their infants to flat cradle boards. The size and, shape of the skull indicate the mummy is probably female, although the face and several significant bone structures were shattered. A large hole was smashed in the top of the skull and several smaller holes perhaps from a pitchfork or other digging tool were found, he said. The mummy is small, also indicating a female, but both Grey and McCullough note the Anasazi were a small race. The best indicator of sex would be the shape of the pelvis, but a closer examination might further damage the brittle remains, he said. McCullough, who contracts with the medical examiner's office as a forensic anthropologist, believes the mummy is female and was old perhaps in her 60s. and a CT scan showed X-ra- ys three collapsed vertebrae and arthritis that would have forced her to walk hunched over, he said. McCullough said the robe was made of twine woven with eithei rabbit fur or turkey feathers. It has been given to an expert at of Natural History for the-Museu- dating and analysis. "It's typical of the sophisticated weaving we've seen from that culture," McCullough said. Following the analysis, the remains will be returned to the Bureau of Indian Affairs for reburial. 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