[Analysis of Antisepsis techniques of the Ming-period corpse excavated in Taizhou]

Four well-preserved Ming-period corpses were excavated singly from 1980 to 2011. With the same condition of preservation, those corpses were distributed within a range of less than 1 square kilometer. Analysis of the burial situation concluded that a long period before burial caused the body to become dehydrated and mummified, which was the basic preservation condition. After the burial in a confined space with constant temperature, humidity and antibacterial conditions, the body could be preserved as a wet corpse (corpse like a fresh body).