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Grauballe Man

Grauballe Man

An Iron Age Bog Body Revisited

by Pauline Asingh and Niels Lynnerup
Hardback
Publication Date: 01/08/2007

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The Grauballe Man, whose sacrificial death was determined to have occurred around 290 BC, is one of the most remarkable bog finds from Denmark's Iron Age, and has for many years been the centre of considerable attention. In fact when the Grauballe Man's body was found in 1952, his skin, hair, beard, nails, muscles and bones were so well preserved that he was at first believed to have been the victim of a recently committed murder! With the renewed scientific focus on the immense research potential in such and, an interdisciplinary team of international scientists decided in 2001 to undertake extensive examinations of the body. From analyses of his teeth, to his hair, to his stomach contents -- and even to a reconstruction of his face -- the research has provided an important insight and invaluable knowledge of life more than two thousand years ago. This publication, richly illustrated with 320 colour photographs, is presented in a language which makes it indispensable for archaeologists, anthropologists, museum conservators and pathologists, but it will also appeal to lay enthusiasts within those fields of interest.
ISBN:
9788788415292
9788788415292
Category:
Archaeology by period / region
Format:
Hardback
Publication Date:
01-08-2007
Language:
English
Publisher:
Aarhus University Press
Country of origin:
Denmark
Dimensions (mm):
210x300x12.1mm
Weight:
0.64kg

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