Bog Bodies Uncovered Solving Europe S Ancient Mystery
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Bog Bodies Uncovered Solving Europe S Ancient Mystery
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Author : Miranda Aldhouse-Green
language : en
Publisher: Thames & Hudson
Release Date : 2015-09-08
Bog Bodies Uncovered Solving Europe S Ancient Mystery written by Miranda Aldhouse-Green and has been published by Thames & Hudson this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-09-08 with Social Science categories.
The grisly story of the bog bodies, updated via details of archaeological discovery and crime-scene techniques Some 2,000 years ago, certain unfortunate individuals were violently killed and buried not in graves but in bogs. What was a tragedy for the victims has proved an archaeologist’s dream, for the peculiar and acidic properties of the bog have preserved the bodies so that their skin, hair, soft tissue, and internal organs—even their brains—survive. Most of these ancient swamp victims have been discovered in regions with large areas of raised bog: Ireland, northwest England, Denmark, the Netherlands, and northern Germany. They were almost certainly murder victims and, as such, their bodies and their burial places can be treated as crime scenes. The cases are cold, but this book explores the extraordinary information they reveal about our prehistoric past. Bog Bodies Uncovered updates Professor P. V. Glob’s seminal publication The Bog People, published in 1969, in the light of vastly improved scientific techniques and newly found bodies. Approached in a radically different style akin to a criminal investigation, here the bog victims appear, uncannily well-preserved, in full-page images that let the reader get up close and personal with the ancient past.
Bodies From The Bog
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Author : James M. Deem
language : en
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Release Date : 1998
Bodies From The Bog written by James M. Deem and has been published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
Describes the discovery of bog bodies in northern Europe and the evidence which their remains reveal about themselves and the civilizations in which they lived.
Bog Bodies
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Author : Melanie Giles
language : en
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Release Date : 2020-12-15
Bog Bodies written by Melanie Giles and has been published by Manchester University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-12-15 with Social Science categories.
This electronic version has been made available under a Creative Commons (BY-NC-ND) open access license. The ‘bog bodies’ of north-western Europe have captured the imaginations of poets and archaeologists alike, allowing us to come face-to-face with individuals from the past. Their exceptional preservation permits us to examine minute details of their lives and deaths, making us reflect poignantly on our own mortality. But, as this book argues, the bodies must be resituated within a turbulent world of endemic violence and change. Reinterpreting the latest continental research and new discoveries, and featuring a ground-breaking ‘cold case’ forensic study of Worsley Man, Manchester Museum’s ‘bog head’, it brings the bogs to life through both natural history and folklore, revealing them as places that were rich and fertile yet dangerous. The book also argues that these remains do not just pose practical conservation problems but also philosophical dilemmas, compounded by the critical debate on if – and how – they should be displayed.
In The Darkest Of Days
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Author : Matthew J. Walsh
language : en
Publisher: Oxbow Books
Release Date : 2024-02-29
In The Darkest Of Days written by Matthew J. Walsh and has been published by Oxbow Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-02-29 with Social Science categories.
This book collects recent works on the subjects of sacrificial offerings, ritualized violence and the relative values thereof in the contexts of Scandinavian prehistory from the Neolithic to the Viking era. The volume builds on a workshop hosted at the National Museum of Denmark in 2018 which inaugurated the beginning of the research project ‘Human Sacrifice and Value: The limits of sacred violence’ and was supported by the Museum of Cultural History at the University of Oslo. The volume brings together research and perspectives that attempt to go beyond the who, what and where of most archaeological and anthropological investigations of sacrificial violence to address both the underlying and explicit forms of value associated with such events. The volume re-opens investigations into notions of value relating to diverse evidence and suggested evidence for human sacrifice and related ritualized violence. It covers a broad spectrum of issues relating to novel interpretations of the existing archaeological materials, but with a focus on the study of value and value dynamics in these diverse ritual contexts, engaging in questions of identity, cosmology, economics and social relations. Cases span from the Scandinavian Late Neolithic and Nordic Bronze Age, through to the well-known wetland deposits and bog bodies of the Iron Age, to Viking era executions, ‘deviant’ burials and contemporaneous double/multiple graves, exploring the implications for the transformation of sacrificial practices across Scandinavian prehistory. Each contribution attempts to untangle the myriad forms of value at play in different incarnations of human offerings, and provide insights into how those values were expressed, e.g., in the selection and treatment of victims in relation to their status, personhood, identity and life-history.
Bog Bodies
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Author : R. C. Turner
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1995
Bog Bodies written by R. C. Turner and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1995 with Antiquities categories.
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The Mysterious Bog People
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Author : Canadian Museum of Civilization
language : en
Publisher: Zwolle [Netherlands] : Waanders Publishers
Release Date : 2002
The Mysterious Bog People written by Canadian Museum of Civilization and has been published by Zwolle [Netherlands] : Waanders Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002 with Bog bodies categories.
Dying For The Gods
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Author : Miranda Jane Aldhouse-Green
language : en
Publisher: Tempus Publishing, Limited
Release Date : 2001
Dying For The Gods written by Miranda Jane Aldhouse-Green and has been published by Tempus Publishing, Limited this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001 with History categories.
Explains "the nature of sacrifice in antiquity" and "different aspects of the subject: the notion of flesh for the gods; rites of fire and blood; the significance of defleshing heads and of skulls; suffocation ... ; the selection of victims and the evidence for the sacrifice of children." Author "puts forward some reasons for ritual murder and shows how" certain practices "illustrate the importance of place in the sacrificial rite" and "highlights the essential role of the priesthood in sacrificial murder."--Jacket.
Diversity In Archaeology
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Author : Elifgül Doğan
language : en
Publisher: Archaeopress Publishing Ltd
Release Date : 2022-09-01
Diversity In Archaeology written by Elifgül Doğan and has been published by Archaeopress Publishing Ltd this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-09-01 with Social Science categories.
30 papers explore a wide range of topics such as women’s voices in archaeological discourse; researching race and ethnicity across time; use of diversified science methods in archaeology; critical ethnographic studies; diversity in the archaeology of death, heritage studies, and archaeology of ‘scapes’.
Silures
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Author : Ray Howell
language : en
Publisher: The History Press
Release Date : 2022-03-03
Silures written by Ray Howell and has been published by The History Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-03-03 with Social Science categories.
'There are huge gaps in our understanding of the lives of the Silures ... Despite what is in many instances a glaring lack of evidence, I've increasingly become convinced that trying to tease out what we can about the social structure of these people offers one of our best avenues to understanding them better.' Silures explores exciting new discoveries and changing interpretations to give an up-to-date analysis of the Iron Age peoples of south-east Wales. From 'the study of stuff', new evidence of trade and commerce and archaeological discoveries, to the suggestion of a new research agenda and a consideration of Silurian resonances in modern Wales, Ray Howell's insights are based on personal observations and his own research activities, including excavations in the Silurian region.
Rethinking The Ancient Druids
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Author : Miranda Aldhouse-Green
language : en
Publisher: University of Wales Press
Release Date : 2021-09-15
Rethinking The Ancient Druids written by Miranda Aldhouse-Green and has been published by University of Wales Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-09-15 with History categories.
Ancient Classical authors have painted the Druids in a bad light, defining them as a barbaric priesthood, who 2,000 years ago perpetrated savage and blood rites in ancient Britain and Gaul in the name of their gods. Archaeology tells a different and more complicated story of this enigmatic priesthood, a theocracy with immense political and sacred power. This book explores the tangible ‘footprint’ the Druids have left behind: in sacred spaces, art, ritual equipment, images of the gods, strange burial rites and human sacrifice. Their material culture indicates how close was the relationship between Druids and the spirit-world, which evidence suggests they accessed through drug-induced trance.