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Bog bodies uncovered : solving Europe's ancient mystery / Miranda Aldhouse-Green ; foreword by Val McDermid.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Aldhouse-Green, Miranda J. (Miranda Jane), author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Bog bodies--Europe.
- Bog bodies.
- Human remains (Archaeology)--Europe.
- Human remains (Archaeology).
- Prehistoric peoples--Europe.
- Prehistoric peoples.
- Violence--Europe--History.
- Violence.
- Wounds and injuries--Europe--History.
- Wounds and injuries.
- Antiquities, Prehistoric--Europe.
- Antiquities, Prehistoric.
- Europe--Antiquities.
- Europe.
- Europa.
- Local Subjects:
- Europa.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (223 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York, New York : Thames & Hudson, [2015]
- Summary:
- It is time for a new book about bog bodies: the number of known bodies is growing. Lindow Man, the famous 'Pete Marsh' discovered in Cheshire in the 1980s, has been joined by new finds from Ireland and elsewhere. Who were these unfortunate people, and why were they killed?
- Contents:
- Foreword / Val McDermid
- Unveiling the dead : introducing the bog bodies of ancient Europe
- Discoveries & discoverers
- The world of the bog people : space, time and society
- The magic of bog preservation
- Crime scene investigation : the application of forensic science
- Accident, execution or murder?
- Modis operandi : ways of killing
- Instrumental violence : abuse with purpose
- The chosen ones
- Natural born killers
- Bog deaths & human sacrifice
- Listening to the dead : bog bodies uncovered.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 212-217) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780500772973
- 0500772975
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