Damendorf Man
Damendorf Man is a German bog body discovered in 1900[1] in the See Moor at the village of Damendorf in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.
Display and examination
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The remains are on display at the Archäologisches Landesmuseum. Professor P.V. Glob wrote that the man died in 300 BCE. What is unique about this bog body is that the weight of the peat in the bog had flattened his body.[2] Only his hair, skin, nails, and a few clothes were preserved, along with traces of some bones.[2][3] He was found with a leather belt, shoes, parts of a pair of woollen breeches, and a pair of woollen puttees.[4]
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Single parts of the breeches -
Tablet wefts on the breeches cloth -
Puttees -
Shoes
Other finds
[edit]Prior to the discovery of the Damendorf Man, the remains of what are believed to be a woman were found in the same bog in 1884. Only the clothing of the corpse remains. Another body, that of a girl dating to 810 BCE, was discovered in 1934.[5]
References
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- ^ Aldhouse-Green, Miranda (2015-09-08). Bog Bodies Uncovered: Solving Europe's Ancient Mystery. Thames & Hudson. ISBN 978-0-500-77298-0.
- ^ a b Gill-Robinson, Heather (2005). The Iron Age Bog Bodies of the Archäologische Landesmuseum Schloss Gottorf.
- ^ Damendorf Man Archived 2011-07-21 at the Wayback Machine. Mummytombs.com. Retrieved on 15 September 2011.
- ^ Archaeology Magazine – Bodies of the Bogs – Clothing and Hair Styles. Archaeology.org. Retrieved on 15 September 2011.
- ^ Van der Sanden, Wijnand (1996). Through Nature to Eternity. p. 104.