Bodies from the Bog

By Deem, James M.

Publishers Summary:
Describes the discovery of bog bodies in northern Europe and the evidence which their remains reveal about themselves and the civilizations in which they lived.

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ISBN
978-0-39585-784-7
Publisher
Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 1998.


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School Library Journal

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

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