Bog bodies
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- Created on: 30-04-16 12:00
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- Bog bodies
- Lindow Man
- Peat bog in Cheshire
- Means soft tissue and bones preserved to an extent due to acidic and anoxic conditions.
- Acid not overly good for bones though-not acidic enough though to quickly dissolve.
- Means soft tissue and bones preserved to an extent due to acidic and anoxic conditions.
- Male in mid 20's. Healthy.
- Last meal of charred bread. mmmm
- Also had grains in stomach indicating diet consisted of cereals
- Mistletoe pollen indicate died in March or April.
- Also had grains in stomach indicating diet consisted of cereals
- five foot six-five foot eight.
- Skull distorted due to decalcification of bones and pressure of peat
- Last meal of charred bread. mmmm
- Exceptionally violent death. Skull smashed in, garroted, throat slit then ceremonially drowned.
- Placed face down in bog. thought to have occurred some time between 2Bc and 119AD. Dating him difficult.
- Looks like a dried out piece of flattened leather
- Peat encasing him gives different dates to test of his remains
- More specifically wounds included-V-shaped cut on head, laceration on back of head, ligature marks on neck, wound on right hand side of neck, stab wound in chest, fractured rib and broken neck.
- Murder?
- Or ritualistic sacrifice?
- Foundation sacrifice?
- Boundary?
- Placed face down in bog. thought to have occurred some time between 2Bc and 119AD. Dating him difficult.
- Remains show trimmed beard, moustache, sideburns, healthy teeth with no visible cavities, manicured fingernails and relatively smooth palms.
- Indicates he did very little hard manual labour
- High status-why killing elite?
- Fox-fur armband only item of clothing.
- Elevated levels of copper in skin-unclear as to cause as test results were to ambigous
- Painted with copper based pigment as part of ceremony?
- Or just natural variation and causes?
- Indicates he did very little hard manual labour
- Lindow woman also found a year earlier
- Other body parts from other individuals also found
- Peat bog in Cheshire
- Clonycavan Man
- Ireland
- Peat bog
- Only torso and upper abdomen survive. Well preserved
- Hair preserved and in odd style-raised on top of head
- Primitive hair gel of pine resin and plant oil. Hair tie remnants also found.
- Likely imported and therefore trade-wealthy in order to be able to afford this?
- Diet rich in vegetables and protein
- Killed in summer?
- Primitive hair gel of pine resin and plant oil. Hair tie remnants also found.
- Thought to have been 5"2.
- Skull split open with remains of brain around wound.
- Also has wound across bridge of nose and under his right eye.
- Both thought to be from an axe
- Sacrifice to fertility deity-
- Failed king?
- Kingship hill nearby
- Kingship hill nearby
- Ritual?
- Failed king?
- Also has wound across bridge of nose and under his right eye.
- 392-201BC
- Hair preserved and in odd style-raised on top of head
- Young-early twenties
- Ireland
- Old Croghan Man
- Ireland-bog again.
- At foot of hill used for kingship ceremonies
- Recurring theme?
- Failed King?
- Didn't live up to title-bad disasters his fault?
- Ritualistic sacrifice?
- Boundary marking?
- Ritualistic sacrifice?
- Didn't live up to title-bad disasters his fault?
- Failed King?
- Recurring theme?
- At foot of hill used for kingship ceremonies
- Torso and arms are all that remain
- Using arm pan height was calculated at around 6 foot 6.
- He was a giant for the time!
- Perhaps stood out-seen as special?
- At foot of hill used for kingship ceremonies
- Recurring theme?
- Failed King?
- Didn't live up to title-bad disasters his fault?
- Ritualistic sacrifice?
- Boundary marking?
- Ritualistic sacrifice?
- Didn't live up to title-bad disasters his fault?
- Failed King?
- Recurring theme?
- At foot of hill used for kingship ceremonies
- Perhaps stood out-seen as special?
- He was a giant for the time!
- Manicured nails like Lindow Man-high status too?
- Leather band around left arm-status symbol?
- Naked apart from this
- Leather band around left arm-status symbol?
- Last meal from stomach-wheat and buttermilk.
- Meat rich diet for the 4 months prior though
- Violent death again.
- Stab wound to chest (fatal?), also decapitated and cut in half. Also ******* had been partially sliced off-torture?
- Also had twine ropes put THROUGH his arms-excessive. Support torture theory?
- Holes for rope would have been drilled through flesh with knife most likely.
- Symbolic?
- Also had twine ropes put THROUGH his arms-excessive. Support torture theory?
- Stab wound to chest (fatal?), also decapitated and cut in half. Also ******* had been partially sliced off-torture?
- Using arm pan height was calculated at around 6 foot 6.
- 362-175BC
- Once again in early twenties.
- Ireland-bog again.
- Tollund Man
- Denmark, Peat bog
- Acid and anoxic
- Soft tissue and physical feature very well preserved.
- 375-210BC
- Older in age than others-40's.
- Short-1.61m in height
- Older in age than others-40's.
- Once again painfully murdered-strangulation based on ligature marks on neck and underside of chin.
- Or was he hanged-noose found around his neck. Unclear as shows some signs of hanging but not all tell tale signs.
- Stomach contents reveal last meal to be grain and seeds in a porridge form.
- Roughly 12 to 24 hours before death
- Winter or early spring?
- Lack of meat and vegetbles
- Wore a pointed leather hat and had a belt.
- Short hair
- Denmark, Peat bog
- Lindow Man
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