Resources

The following section contains additional resources linked to the Palermo juvenile mummy project.

Official Site of the Cappuccini Friar Catacombs of Palermo: www.catacombefraticappuccini.com/it_it/

Unofficial Capuchin Catacombs Website: www.palermocatacombs.com/

Piombino-Mascali, D., Squires, K. and Zink, A. 2024. Ethical challenges in the bioanthropological and biomedical investigation of Sicilian mummies - past experience and future pathways. American Journal of Biological Anthropology, e24946. doi: 10.1002/ajpa.24946.

Squires, K., Davidson, A. and Piombino-Mascali, D. 2024. Public attitudes towards the display of non-adult mummies in the Capuchin Catacombs of Palermo, Sicily. International Journal of Heritage Studies 30 (8): 888-904. doi: 10.1080/13527258.2024.2343406.

Squires, K. and Piombino-Mascali, D. 2024. Striking a Balance: Preserving, Curating, and Investigating Human Remains from the Capuchin Catacombs of Palermo, Sicily, 51-64. In: Biers, T. and Clary, M.K. (eds.) The Routledge Handbook of Museums, Heritage, and Death: New Ways of Examining Mortality in the Modern World. London: Routledge.

Squires, K. and Piombino-Mascali, D. 2021. Ethical Considerations Associated with the Display and Analysis of Juvenile Mummies from the Capuchin Catacombs of Palermo, Sicily. Public Archaeology 20: 66-84. doi: 10.1080/14655187.2021.2024742.

Squires, K. and Piombino-Mascali, D. 2021. Ethical Considerations Associated with the Display and Analysis of Juvenile Mummies from the Capuchin Catacombs of Palermo, Sicily. BioantTalks: AnthroEthics in the 21st Century. Virtual Conference. Available at: www.youtube.com/watch?v=rrJUKpDg_Gs&t=7s

 

Squires, K., Viner, M., Hoban, W., Loynes, R., Van Shaik, K. and Piombino-Mascali, D. 2024 The “angioletti” of Palermo: the health and development of mummified non-adults in Late Modern Palermo, Sicily (1787-1880 CE). Frontiers in Medicine (Pathology) 11. doi: 10.3389/fmed.2024.1443291.

Squires, K., Viner, M., Hoban, W., Loynes, R., Van Schaik, K. and Piombino-Mascali, D. 2024. Unveiling the Identities of the Juvenile Mummies from the Capuchin Catacombs of Palermo, Sicily. American Journal of Biological Anthropology 183 (supplement 77): 174.
 
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