Mrs. von Stidsholt

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Head of Mrs. von Stidsholt

The wife of Stidsholt (also head of Stidsholt ; . English Stidsholtmose-Head or Stidsholt Fen Woman ) is the skull of a bog body , which in 1859 in the hamlet Stidtsholt , in the Danish countryside Vendsyssel in Northern Jutland in located there Stidsholt Moses was found.

Coordinates: 57 ° 22 ′ 41.4 "  N , 10 ° 17 ′ 46.2"  E

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The severed head was discovered in 1859, but the associated body could not be found. The head had been severed from the torso with a blow between the third and fourth cervical vertebrae and deposited in the moor . Part of the skin under the chin was torn off with the blow. The skull, parts of the skin and the approximately 50 cm long scalp hair have been preserved from the head . The hair has a red color due to the long storage in the bog and the influence of the moor acids , the skin has a gray-brown color after the head has dried. The hair was tied in a bun on the head with a 75 cm long and about 5.3 cm wide woven hair band. Because of the hairstyle, the head is addressed as female . So far, the head has not yet been scientifically examined in more detail, so that a qualified chronological dating is not yet available. The Danish National Museum in Copenhagen , in whose care the find is, assumes a provisional dating to the Iron Age .

literature

  • Peter Vilhelm Glob : The sleepers in the moor . Winkler, Munich 1966, p. 80 (Danish: Mosefolket . Translated by Thyra Dohrenburg).
  • Wijnand van der Sanden : Mummies from the moor. The prehistoric and protohistoric bog bodies from northwestern Europe . Batavian Lion International, Amsterdam 1996, ISBN 90-6707-416-0 , pp. 92, 145, 159, 161, 194 (Dutch, original title: Vereeuwigd in het veen . Translated by Henning Stilke).

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Violence in the Bogs. In: Bodies of the Bogs. Archaeological Institute of America, accessed August 31, 2020 (English, woman's clothing and a photo of the corpse).
  2. ↑ Stidsholthovedet. Stidsholthovedet set i profile. Fra Stidsholt Mose, Torslev. Ukendt datering, jernalder? In: National Museum Samlinger Online. National Museum of Denmark, accessed March 24, 2017 (Danish, database entry).

Web links

  • Stidsholthovedet. Stidsholthovedet set i profile. Fra Stidsholt Mose, Torslev. Ukendt datering, jernalder? In: National Museum Samlinger Online. National Museum of Denmark, accessed March 24, 2017 (Danish, database entry).
  • Mummified head of Stidsholt Woman, a bog body. Science Photo Library Ltd., accessed December 5, 2011 (photo of the head).
personal data
SURNAME Mrs. von Stidsholt
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Head of Stidsholt; Stidsholt Fen Woman
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Bog corpse
DATE OF BIRTH between 8th century BC BC and 1st century BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH between 8th century BC BC and 1st century BC Chr.
Place of death Vendsyssel region , Denmark