Melanie Giles: Bog bodies | Taschenbuch

Cover: 9781526150189 | Bog bodies | Face to face with the past | Melanie Giles | Taschenbuch

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Beschreibung

The 'bog bodies' of north-western Europe have captured the imaginations of poets and archaeologists alike, allowing us to come face-to-face with individuals from the past. Their exceptional preservation permits us to examine minute details of their lives and deaths, making us reflect poignantly on our own mortality. But, as this book argues, the bodies must be resituated within a turbulent world of endemic violence and change. Reinterpreting the latest continental research and new discoveries, and featuring a ground-breaking 'cold case' forensic study of Worsley Man, Manchester Museum's 'bog head', it brings the bogs to life through both natural history and folklore, revealing them as places that were rich and fertile yet dangerous. The book also argues that these remains do not just pose practical conservation problems but also philosophical dilemmas, compounded by the critical debate on if - and how - they should be displayed.

An electronic edition of this book is freely available under a Creative Commons (CC BY-NC-ND) licence.

Über den Autor

Melanie Giles is Senior Lecturer in Archaeology at the University of Manchester

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1 Introduction
2 Discovering bog bodies
3 Preserving the dead
4 Crossing the bog
5 Exquisite things and everyday treasures: interpreting deposition in the bog
6 Violent ends
7 Worsley Man: Manchester's bog head
8 Disquieting exhibits
9 Conclusion: creative legacies
Index

Erscheinungsjahr:	2021
Fachbereich:	Allgemeines
Genre:	Importe
Rubrik:	Sozialwissenschaften
Medium:	Taschenbuch
Inhalt:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13:	9781526150189
ISBN-10:	1526150182
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Giles, Melanie
Hersteller:	Manchester University Press
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße:	244 x 170 x 21 mm
Von/Mit:	Melanie Giles
Erscheinungsdatum:	01.03.2021
Gewicht:	0,846 kg