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Reviewed on April 1, 1998
Gr 5-8 Much of life in northern Europe during the Iron Age is terra incognita to scholars and scientists due to a lack of written records and physical artifacts. However, like some sort of gruesome signposts, "bog bodies" have appeared as peat bogs were cut for fuel, and these sometimes well-preserved corpses (when investigated with cutting-edge forensic methods) have provided murky windows to that ancient past. Deem's carefully researched photo-essay examines the newest information on these remar...Log In or Sign Up to Read More