Bog bodies uncovered : solving Europe's ancient mystery

Aldhouse-Green, Miranda J. (Miranda Jane) (author.).

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?

Record details

ISBN: 9780500051825
ISBN: 0500051828
Physical Description: print
223 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm.
Publisher: New York : Thames & Hudson, 2015.
Copyright: ℗♭2015.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

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

Formatted Contents Note:

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.