bog body

Next to it is a small presentation on bog bodies.

This find is one of the earliest bog bodies archaeologists have studied.

Hundreds of bog bodies have been recovered and studied.

It was the first documented scientific investigation of remains of a bog body find ever.

On various occasions throughout history, peat diggers have come across bog bodies.

The bones were demineralized, like many other bog bodies.

As the best preserved bog body found in Britain, its discovery caused a domestic media sensation and received global coverage.

Forensic facial reconstruction is one particularly impressive technique used in studying the bog bodies.

First thought to be a murder victim, the body was later determined to be a bog body.

Suebian knots were found to be worn by a number of bog bodies:

As with most bog bodies, the skin and features are still preserved because of the tannic acid in the marsh water.

Most of the bog bodies recovered indicate the victim died from a violent murder or ritualistic sacrifice.

Demineralization was found to be the initial cause of the apparent osteoporosis, which often occurs with bog bodies.

Bog bodies dry up and decompose rapidly, when they are taken out of the bog.

Unlike most ancient human remains, bog bodies have retained their skin and internal organs due to the unusual conditions of the surrounding area.

A bog body known as "Tollund Man" is discovered in Denmark.

Some of the piglets developed dark, leathery skin comparable to that of the human bog bodies.

Most of the bog bodies discovered had some aspects of decay or else were not properly conserved.

One of his reconstruction was of a prehistoric bog body known as Yde Girl.

Several bog bodies are notable for the high quality of their preservation and the substantial research by archaeologists and forensic scientists.

For more than 50 years Alfred Dieck worked on his archaeological bog body finds and ethnographic studies.

Dieck has put a new view of sight on the interpretation of bog body finds not only being a small regional and cultural phenomena.

(See Tollund Man for one of the most famous examples of a bog body).

The bog body could be dated to the time of Maglemosian culture around 8000 BC.

Computer-aided reconstruction of the bog body "Moora"