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Bog bodies --- Iron age
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Iron age --- Bog bodies --- Denmark --- Antiquities.
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Archeology --- Europe: North-West --- Bog bodies --- Veenlijken. --- Iron age
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Archeology --- Antiquity --- Netherlands --- Bog bodies --- Iron age --- Bronze age --- Anthropometry.
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Mummies --- Ice mummies --- Bog bodies --- Human remains (Archaeology)
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Bog bodies --- Britons --- Iron age --- Lindow Man --- Mummies --- Great Britain --- Antiquities, Celtic.
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Iron age --- Prehistoric peoples --- Bog bodies --- Bog mummies --- Bog burials --- Bog men --- -Iron age --- -Bog mummies --- Denmark --- Antiquities. --- -Civilization --- Burial --- Human remains (Archaeology) --- -Denmark
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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.
History, Ancient --- Archaeology --- History --- Social Science --- HISTORY, ANCIENT --- ARCHAEOLOGY --- HISTORY --- SOCIAL SCIENCE --- Bog bodies --- SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology. --- Moral and ethical aspects.
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"Roman Reflections uses a series of detailed and deeply researched case studies to explore how Roman society connected with and influenced Northern Europe during the Iron and Viking Ages. In an original way, the book brings late prehistoric Denmark--best known for its so-called 'bog bodies'--into a world dominated by textual histories, principally that of Tacitus. The studies include a new examination of the bog-bodies of the late first millennium BC, a classical archaeological puzzle: men, women and children murdered yet respected in death and adorned with items of fine clothing. A second essay challenges traditionally held ideas about the Cimbri by exploring the textual and archaeological evidence, including the startling and famous European artefact, the Gundestrup silver cauldron. The other studies comprise an archaeologically founded modernist discussion of the ethnography of Tacitus' Germania, in particular considering the character of ancient Germanic Bronze and Iron Age societies; a linguistic exploration of the Latin inheritance in Northern European names and places, much of which seems to have been invented by the Romans; and an analysis of the origins of the Danes. Throughout, traditional sources and history are presented in conjunction with new archaeological observations and interpretations. In an accessible way, Roman Reflections assesses Denmark's part on a larger stage, showing how foundations were laid for its zenith in Viking times."-- Roman Reflections uses a series of detailed and deeply researched case studies to explore how Roman society connected with and influenced Northern Europe during the Iron and Viking Ages. In an original way, the book brings late prehistoric Denmark - best known for its so-called 'bog bodies' - into a world dominated by textual histories, principally that of Tacitus. The studies include a new examination of the bog-bodies of the late first millennium BC, a classical archaeological puzzle: men, women and children murdered yet respected in death and adorned with items of fine clothing. A second essay challenges traditionally held ideas about the Cimbri by exploring the textual and archaeological evidence, including the startling and famous European artefact, the Gundestrup silver cauldron. The other studies comprise an archaeologically founded modernist discussion of the ethnography of Tacitus' Germania, in particular considering the character of ancient Germanic Bronze and Iron Age societies; a linguistic exploration of the Latin inheritance in northern European names and places, much of which seems to have been invented by the Romans; and an analysis of the origins of the Danes. Throughout, traditional sources and history are presented in conjunction with new archaeological observations and interpretations. In an accessible way, Roman Reflections assesses Denmark's part on a larger stage, showing how foundations were laid for its zenith in Viking times
Excavations (Archaeology) --- Romans --- Europe, Northern --- History. --- Iron age --- Vikings --- Bog bodies --- Cimbri (Germanic people) --- Social archaeology --- Tacitus, Cornelius. --- Denmark --- Europe --- Antiquities. --- Civilization --- Roman influences.
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