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Bog bodies uncovered : solving Europe's ancient mystery /

Aldhouse-Green, Miranda J.

Bog bodies uncovered : solving Europe's ancient mystery / Miranda Aldhouse-Green ; foreword by Val McDermid. - 223 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-217) and index.

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.

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?

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Bog bodies--Europe.
Human remains (Archaeology)--Europe.
Prehistoric peoples--Europe.
Violence--History.--Europe
Wounds and injuries--History.--Europe
Antiquities, Prehistoric--Europe.


Europe--Antiquities.

GN780.22.E85 / A534 2015

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