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Title:Grauballe Man : An Iron Age Bog Body Revisited
Series:(Jutland Archaeological Society Publications)
Author:Pauline Asingh & Niels Lynnerup (eds)
ISBN:8788415295 : 9788788415292
Illustrations:b/w & colour photos
Format:Hardback
Size:210x300mm
Pages:351
Weight: 1.564 Kg.
Published:Aarhus University Press - May 2007
List Price: 26.65 Pounds Sterling
Availability:In Print
Subjects:Denmark: European archaeology


The Grauballe Man, whose sacrificial death was determined to have occurred around 290 BC, is one of the most remarkable bog finds from Denmark's Iron Age, and has for many years been the centre of considerable attention. In fact when the Grauballe Man's body was found in 1952, his skin, hair, beard, nails, muscles and bones were so well preserved that he was at first believed to have been the victim of a recently committed murder! With the renewed scientific focus on the immense research potential in such and, an interdisciplinary team of international scientists decided in 2001 to undertake extensive examinations of the body. From analyses of his teeth, to his hair, to his stomach contents -- and even to a reconstruction of his face -- the research has provided an important insight and invaluable knowledge of life more than two thousand years ago. This publication, richly illustrated with 320 colour photographs, is presented in a language which makes it indispensable for archaeologists, anthropologists, museum conservators and pathologists, but it will also appeal to lay enthusiasts within those fields of interest.

The Man in the Bog; The Conservation of Grauballe Man; New Scientific Investigations; Conservation and Analysis of Grauballe Man 2001-2002; Infrared Reflectography (IRr) Surface Analysis; Analysis of the Skin; New Radiological Examinations; CT-Scanning, 3D Visualisation and Stereolithography; Endoscopic Examination of Grauballe Man; Microscopical Analyses of Bone Specimens; Structural Changes Related to Chronological Age and Possible Diseases; Grauballe Man's Teeth and Jaws; New Analyses of Grauballe Man's Gut Contents; Information on Grauballe Man From His Hair; Dating of Grauballe Man; Microscopy, Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Spectroscopy of the Intestines of a 2000-Year Old Human Bog Body; The Search for Grauballe Man's Missing Vertebrae; The Biological Anthropology of Grauballe Man; Forensic Evidence, Injuries and Cause of Death; Facial Reconstruction of Grauballe Man; The Magical Bog; The Bog People; Conclusion: The Man in the Bog Revisited.

"Reading this lovely book celebrating the 1952 find I thought of the Alpine 'ice man'. He was brutally recovered and fought over, and interpretations are still disputed while preservation remains uncertain. But Grauballe Man (400-200BC) basks in respect." -- Mike Pitts, British Archaeology, November/December 2007.