Bog Bodies: Face to Face with the Past Paperback - 2020
by Melanie Giles
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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 makes it possible to examine minute details of their lives and deaths, making us reflect poignantly on our own mortality. In this book, Melanie Giles advances discussion of these bodies by arguing that they must be situated within a turbulent world of endemic violence and change. Reinterpreting the latest continental research and new discoveries, she brings the bogs to life through both natural history and folklore, revealing them as places that were rich and fertile yet dangerous. At the heart of the book is a ground-breaking 'cold case' forensic study of Worsley Man, Manchester Museum's 'bog head', which dates from the early Roman period of military occupation in the north. A victim of dramatic facial injury, garrotting and decapitation, Worsley Man provides the basis for a rich regional portrait that reinvigorates and changes the nature of bog body studies at an international level. Giles also argues that these remains do not pose just practical conservation problems but also philosophical dilemmas, compounded by the critical debate on if - and how - they should be displayed. She thus presents for the first time the complete cycle of archaeological engagement: from discovery to conservation and analysis, interpretation, display and the cultural and creative legacy of the ancient dead.
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- Title Bog Bodies: Face to Face with the Past
- Author Melanie Giles
- Binding Paperback
- Pages 328
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Manchester University Press
- Date 2020-12-15
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Maps
- ISBN 9781526150189 / 1526150182
- Weight 1.75 lbs (0.79 kg)
- Dimensions 9.4 x 6.6 x 0.8 in (23.88 x 16.76 x 2.03 cm)
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Themes
- Chronological Period: Ancient (To 499 A.D.)
- Library of Congress subjects Archaeology - Europe, Bog bodies - Europe, Northern
- Dewey Decimal Code 936
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