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oapen-20.500.12657-467172021-02-13T02:07:54Z Bog bodies Giles, Melanie bogs bog bodies mummies preserved remains sacrifice offerings execution violence museums conservation bic Book Industry Communication::H Humanities::HD Archaeology::HDD Archaeology by period / region::HDDA Prehistoric archaeology bic Book Industry Communication::H Humanities::HD Archaeology::HDL Landscape archaeology bic Book Industry Communication::H Humanities::HD Archaeology::HDP Environmental archaeology bic Book Industry Communication::G Reference, information & interdisciplinary subjects::GM Museology & heritage studies The ‘bog bodies’ of north-western Europe have captured the imagination of poets as much as archaeologists, confronting us with human remains where time has stopped – allowing us to come ‘face to face’ with individuals from the past. Their exceptional preservation allows us to examine unprecedented details of both their lives and deaths, making us reflect poignantly upon our own mortality. Yet this book argues that they must be resituated within a turbulent world of endemic violence and change, reinterpreting the latest Continental research and new discoveries in this light. The book features a ground-breaking ‘cold case’ forensic study of Worsley Man: Manchester Museum’s ‘bog head’ and brings the bogs to life through both natural history and folklore, as places that were rich, fertile, yet dangerous. Finally, it argues that these remains do not just pose practical conservation problems but philosophical dilemmas, compounded by the critical debate on if – and how – they should be displayed, with museum exemplars drawn from across the globe 2021-02-12T11:43:44Z 2021-02-12T11:43:44Z 2020 book ONIX_20210212_9781526150196_4 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/46717 eng application/pdf Attribution 4.0 International 9781526150196_fullhl.pdf www.manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526150189 Manchester University Press 6110b9b4-ba84-42ad-a0d8-f8d877957cdd e658fdeb-30bd-4947-aadf-9648894225ad 328 Manchester [grantnumber unknown] open access
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The ‘bog bodies’ of north-western Europe have captured the imagination of poets as much as archaeologists, confronting us with human remains where time has stopped – allowing us to come ‘face to face’ with individuals from the past. Their exceptional preservation allows us to examine unprecedented details of both their lives and deaths, making us reflect poignantly upon our own mortality. Yet this book argues that they must be resituated within a turbulent world of endemic violence and change, reinterpreting the latest Continental research and new discoveries in this light. The book features a ground-breaking ‘cold case’ forensic study of Worsley Man: Manchester Museum’s ‘bog head’ and brings the bogs to life through both natural history and folklore, as places that were rich, fertile, yet dangerous. Finally, it argues that these remains do not just pose practical conservation problems but philosophical dilemmas, compounded by the critical debate on if – and how – they should be displayed, with museum exemplars drawn from across the globe
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