Mummification refers to -
Mummification is drying and shrinking of cadaver from evaporation of water and general appearances of the body are preserved. Dr. Narayana Reddys Synopsis of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology 27 th edition pg. 87.
Hardening of muscle after death
Colliquative putrifaction
Saponification of subcutaneous fat
Dessication of a dead body
Death and postmortem changes