Mummification in Korea and China: Mawangdui, Song, Ming and Joseon Dynasty Mummies

Table 1

Joseon Hoegwakmyo graves investigated by interdisciplinary research.

Mummy	Research institute concerned	Year	Discovered during	Sex	Conducted research	Preservation
Kunkook	Dankook University	2001	Archaeological excavation	Female	Am, PP, PPr, CT, aDNA	Mummy
Yongin	Gyeonggi Cultural Foundation	2006	Archaeological excavation	Female	Am, PP, PPr, CT, aDNA	Half mummified
Hadong-1	Jinju National Museum	2006	Moving a grave	Female	Am, PP, PPr, CT, aDNA	Half mummified
Gangneung	Gangneung Choi clan	2007	Moving a grave	Male	Am, PP, PPr, CT, MRI, aDNA	Mummy
SN1-2	Hangang Institute of Cultural Heritage	2007	Archaeological excavation	Male	Am, PP, PPr, CT, aDNA	Half mummified
SN PK	Hangang Institute of Cultural Heritage	2007	Archaeological excavation	Male	Am, PP, PPr, CT, aDNA	Half mummified
GJ1-2	Chungnam Institute of History and culture	2007	Archaeological excavation	Male	Am, PP, PPr, CT, aDNA	Half mummified
Seocheon	Gyeonggi Cultural Foundation	2008	Archaeological excavation	Female	Am, PP, PPr, CT, aDNA	Half mummified
Waegwan	Daedong Institute of Cultural Heritage	2008	Archaeological excavation	Male	Am, PP, PPr, CT, aDNA	Half mummified
Dangjin	Chungnam Institute of History and culture	2008	Archaeological excavation	Female	Am, PP, PPr, CT, aDNA	Half mummified
Hadong-2	Descendant of Gangneung Onyang Jung clan	2009	Moving a grave	Female	Am, PP, PPr, CT, aDNA	Half mummified
Mungyeong	Gyeongju National Research Institute of Cultural Heritage	2010	Moving a grave	Female	Am, PP, PPr, CT, aDNA	Mummy
Jinju	Dong-Seo Institue of Cultural Heritage	2010	Archaeological excavation	Male	Am, PP, PPr, aDNA	Half mummified
Sapgyo	Chungcheong Institue of Cultural Heritage	2011	Archaeological excavation	Male	Am, PP, PPr, CT, aDNA	Half mummified
Sacheon	Gyeong-Sang Cultural Heritage Research Center	2011	Archaeological excavation	Female	Am, PP, PPr, aDNA	Half mummified
Hwasung	HanBeak Institue of Cultural Heritage	2012	Archaeological excavation	Male	Am, PP, PPr, aDNA	Mummy
YG2-4	Honam Institute of Cultural Heritage	2012	Archaeological excavation	Female	Am, PP, PPr, aDNA	Half mummified
YG2-6	Honam Institute of Cultural Heritage	2012	Archaeological excavation	Female	Am, PP, PPr, aDNA	Skeleton
Andong	DongGuk Institute of Cultural Properties	2013	Archaeological excavation	Male	Am, PP, PPr, CT, aDNA	Mummy
Dalsung	Gyeong-Sang Cultural Heritage Research Center	2014	Archaeological excavation	Female	Am, PP, PPr, CT, aDNA	Mummy
Junggye	Han Ul Research Institute of Cultural Heritage	2014	Archaeological excavation	Male	Am, PP, PPr	Skeleton
Daegu_HS	Daedong Institute of Cultural Heritage	2014	Archaeological excavation	Female	Am, PP, PPr, aDNA	Skeleton
Cheongdo	Yeongnam Institute of Cultural Properties	2015	Moving a grave	Male	Am, PP, PPr, CT, aDNA	Mummy
Yeongweol	Jungbu Institute for Archaeology	2015	Archaeological excavation	Male	Am, PP, PPr	Skeleton
Jangsung	Chungcheong Institue of Cultural Heritage	2017	Archaeological excavation	Male	Am, PP, PPr	Skeleton

Am, anthropometry; PP, paleopathology; PPr, paleoparasitology; CT, computed tomography; MRI, magnetic resonance imaging; aDNA, ancient DNA.