Procedures and Frequencies of Embalming and Heart Extractions in Modern Period in Brittany. Contribution to the Evolution of Ritual Funerary in Europe

Rozenn Colleter; Fabrice Dedouit; Sylvie Duchesne; Fatima-Zohra Mokrane; Véronique Gendrot; Patrice Gérard; Henri Dabernat; Éric Crubézy; Norbert Telmon

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0167988

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Procedures and Frequencies of Embalming and Heart Extractions in Modern Period in Brittany. Contribution to the Evolution of Ritual Funerary in Europe

Rozenn Colleter ,

* E-mail: rozenn.colleter@inrap.fr (RC); crubezy.eric@free.fr (EC)

Affiliations National Institute of Preventive Archaeological Research (INRAP), Cesson-Sévigné, France, University of Toulouse, French National Center for Scientific Research, UMR 5288, Toulouse, France

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Fabrice Dedouit,

Affiliations University of Toulouse, French National Center for Scientific Research, UMR 5288, Toulouse, France, Unit of Forensic and Anthropological Imaging, Centre Universitaire Romand de Médecine Légale (CURML), Lausanne, Switzerland
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Sylvie Duchesne,

Affiliations National Institute of Preventive Archaeological Research (INRAP), Cesson-Sévigné, France, University of Toulouse, French National Center for Scientific Research, UMR 5288, Toulouse, France
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Fatima-Zohra Mokrane,

Affiliations University of Toulouse, French National Center for Scientific Research, UMR 5288, Toulouse, France, Radiology department, CHU Toulouse-Rangueil, Toulouse, France
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Véronique Gendrot,

Affiliation French Regional Archaeological Service, Rennes, Bretagne, France and French National Center for Scientific Research, UMR 6566, Rennes, France
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Patrice Gérard,

Affiliation University of Toulouse, French National Center for Scientific Research, UMR 5288, Toulouse, France
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Henri Dabernat,

Affiliation University of Toulouse, French National Center for Scientific Research, UMR 5288, Toulouse, France
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Éric Crubézy ,

* E-mail: rozenn.colleter@inrap.fr (RC); crubezy.eric@free.fr (EC)

Affiliation University of Toulouse, French National Center for Scientific Research, UMR 5288, Toulouse, France
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Norbert Telmon

Affiliations University of Toulouse, French National Center for Scientific Research, UMR 5288, Toulouse, France, Medico-Legal department, CHU Toulouse-Rangueil, Toulouse, France
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Procedures and Frequencies of Embalming and Heart Extractions in Modern Period in Brittany. Contribution to the Evolution of Ritual Funerary in Europe

Rozenn Colleter,
Fabrice Dedouit,
Sylvie Duchesne,
Fatima-Zohra Mokrane,
Véronique Gendrot,
Patrice Gérard,
Henri Dabernat,
Éric Crubézy,
Norbert Telmon

Published: December 28, 2016
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0167988

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