List of bog bodies

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The list of bog bodies contains a selection of international bog body finds .

About 1000 human bog corpses are currently documented and scientifically confirmed from Europe. The finds date from the Neolithic to the present, with a significant accumulation in the Northern European Iron Age . The focus of the spatial distribution is in Ireland, Great Britain, the Netherlands, Denmark, as well as Schleswig-Holstein and Lower Saxony. The first cataloging of bog corpses was done for Schleswig-Holstein in 1873 by Heinrich Handelmann and Adolf Pansch , by Johanna Mestorf in 1871, 1900 and 1907. The controversial bog corpse researcher Alfred Dieck finally listed more than 1850 bog corpses from Europe in his unfinished main work, of which however a large part is not scientifically verifiable or has turned out to be incorrect. The archaeologist Wijnand van der Sanden published a first compilation for the Netherlands in 1990, which he was able to expand again in 1992. Briggs and Turner published further find listings for Great Britain and Ireland in 1986 and Turner in 1995, and for Ireland Ó Floinn in 2005.

However, the following list is neither representative of the temporal nor the spatial distribution of the bog body finds.

Surname Found year gender country region Dating photo comment
Amcott's Moor Woman 1747 W. Great Britain Lincolnshire 200-400 Figure pbs.org An early find of which only the left waistband shoe has survived.
Bockstensmann 1936 M. Sweden Hallands Lan 1230-1430 The Bocksten Bog Man 1.jpg Sweden's most famous bog body.
Cladh Hallan 1998 D. Great Britain Outer Hebrides 1600-1300 BC Chr. A series of prehistoric bog bodies, some of which were not buried until several hundred years after their death.
Clonycavan man 2003 M. Ireland County Meath 392-201 BC Chr. Bog-body Clonycavan-Man.jpg Man with a kind of mohawk haircut .
Wife of Borremose 1948 W. Denmark North Jylland around 770 BC Chr. Borremose III.jpg Also called Borremose III .
Dannike wife 1942 W. Sweden Västra Götalands län after 1690 Pipe smoker buried in the moor.
Mrs. von Elling 1938 W. Denmark Midtjylland 280-140 BC Chr. Ellingkvinden DO-1448.jpg
Mrs. von Haraldskær 1835 W. Denmark Syddanmark around 490 BC Chr. Gunhild.jpg Also called Queen Gunhild in Danish Dronning Gunhild .
Wife of Huldremose 1879 W. Denmark Midtjylland 350-41 BC Chr. Huldremosekvinnan.jpg
Man from Koelbjerg 1941 M. Denmark Syddanmark around 8000 BC Chr. Oldest bog body found so far. Previously known as Frau von Koelbjerg and, according to the latest DNA analyzes, a man
Mrs. of Luttra 1947 W. Sweden Västra Götalands län 3105-2935 BC Chr. Hallonflickan's cranium 9976.jpg Also called Hallonflickan ( Swedish for raspberry girl ).
Wife of Meenybraddan 1978 W. Ireland County Donegal 1040-1410
Mrs. von Peiting 1957 W. Germany Bavaria 1290-1440 Also called Rosalinde . A special burial deviating from the usual funeral rite .
Mrs. von Stidsholt 1859 W. Denmark North Jylland unsafe (probably iron age ) Moselig-fra-Stidsholdt-Mose, -Torslev DO-637 original.jpg Head separated from body by decapitation.
Mrs. von Zweeloo 1951 W. Netherlands Drenthe 60-155 Vrouw van Zweeloo, Dents Museum, 1951 XII13.jpg
Grauballe man 1952 M. Denmark Midtjylland 375-255 BC Chr. Grauballemanden.jpg
Jan Spieker 1978 M. Germany Lower Saxony 1828 Jan Spiekers Jacket.jpg A person known by name who was buried outside a local cemetery in an emergency.
Kayhausen boy 1922 M. Germany Lower Saxony 4. – 1. Century BC Chr.
Child from the Esterweger can 1939 M. Germany Lower Saxony 1046-1164 Esterweger Dose Child scheme.svg Also known as a child from the Sedelsberger can , Junge von Burlage or trivially Burli . (Preserved bones marked in red on the drawing)
Lindow man 1984 M. Great Britain Cheshire 20-90 Lindow Man.jpg Britain's best-known and best-studied bog body.
Girls from the Bareler Moor 1784 W. Germany Lower Saxony 260-395 Bareler Moor Girl scheme.svg The earliest bog body find, parts of which (skin fragments of the right breast, marked in red on the drawing) have been preserved.
Girls from the Uchter Moor 2000 W. Germany Lower Saxony around 650 BC Chr. Moora skull.jpg Also called moora , so far the last moor body found in Germany.
Girl from Dröbnitz 1939 W. Poland Warmia-Masuria uncertain
around 500 BC Chr.
At that time East Prussian found area.
Girl from Röst 1926 W. Germany Schleswig-Holstein 200-95 BC Chr. Roast Girl.jpg
Girls from Yde 1897 W. Netherlands Drenthe 40 BC Chr. To 50 DrentseBody.jpg Most famous bog body in the Netherlands.
Man from Jührdenerfeld 1934 M. Germany Lower Saxony 179 BC Until 25 Man from Jührdenerfeld.jpg Also known as the Bockhornerfeld man .
Man from Bernuthsfeld 1907 M. Germany Lower Saxony 680-775 Bernuthsfeld lageschema.png Recently also known trivially as Berni .
Borremose Man 1946 M. Denmark North Jylland around 840 BC Chr. Borremose Man2.jpg Also Borremose I called. Scheme of the state of preservation shortly after the discovery in 1946: red = bone fractures, skin color = soft tissue, gray / white = bones
Man from Damendorf 1900 M. Germany Schleswig-Holstein 135-335 Damendorf Man.jpg With suebian knot hairstyle .
Man of Datgen 1959 M. Germany Schleswig-Holstein 135-385 Dätgen Man.jpg
Man from Emmer-Erfscheidenveen 1938 M. Netherlands Drenthe 1370-1215 BC Chr. Man van Emmer-Erfscheidenveen, Drents Museum, 1962 II207A.jpg
Man from Exloermond 1914 M. Netherlands Drenthe around 400 BC Chr. Mannelijk veenlijk uit Exloërmond, Drents Museum, 1914 V1.jpg
Man from Gallagh 1821 M. Ireland County Galway 470-120 BC Chr. Galagh Man.jpg
Husbäke's husband 1931 1931 M. Germany Lower Saxony unsure
Husbäke's husband 1936 1936 M. Germany Lower Saxony 75-215 Husbäke Man 1936.jpg
Man from Kragelund 1898 M. Denmark North Jylland around 1099 Nederfrederiksmose Man 1898.jpg Also called Fredriksdalmanden .
Man from Kreepen 1903 M. Germany Lower Saxony 1440-1625 KreepenMan.jpg Remains were lost in World War II .
Man from New England 1941 M. Germany Lower Saxony 140-320 New England Man (cropped) .jpg
Man of New Verses 1900 M. Germany Lower Saxony 135-385 Roter Franz Hannover.jpg Also called Roter Franz .
Man from Obenaltendorf 1895 M. Germany Lower Saxony 260-380 Obenaltendorf.jpg
Man from Osterby 1948 M. Germany Schleswig-Holstein 75-130 Osterby Man.jpg Decapitated head with suebian knot hairstyle .
Man of Porsmose 1946 M. Denmark Zealand 2850-2670 BC Chr. Porsmose-Man.jpg Skull with arrowhead in nose and palate.
Man from Rendswühren 1871 M. Germany Schleswig-Holstein 1st to 2nd century Moorleiche3-Schloss-Gottorf.jpg
Man from Windeby 1952 M. Germany Schleswig-Holstein 380-185 BC Chr. Also called Windeby II .
Man from Worsley Moss 1958 M. Great Britain City of Salford at 120
Men of Hunteburg 1949 M. Germany Lower Saxony 245-415 Two men interred together, whose bodies were destroyed during conservation.
Men from Weerdinge 1904 M. Netherlands Drenthe 40 BC Chr. To 50 Paar van Weerdinge, Drents Museum, 1904 VII2A.jpg Formerly known in the Netherlands as Mr. and Mrs. Veenstra or the pair of Weedrings , as one of the corpses was misinterpreted as a woman.
Bog corpse from the Rieper Moor 1754 U Germany Lower Saxony 253-348 Lauenbrück 29.jpg Germany's second oldest documented bog body find
Bog corpse Borremose II 1947 U Denmark North Jylland around 475 BC Chr. Borremose II.jpg Neither cause of death nor gender could be determined.
Bog body from Bunsoh 1890 U Germany Schleswig-Holstein 560-620
Bog body from Kibbelgaarn 1791 M. Netherlands Groningen unknown not available Written sources indicate that the bog body was sold and made into mumia .
Bog body from Lindow I 1983 W. Great Britain Cheshire at 250 Also called Frau von Lindow , a head that the police initially attributed to a recent murder case and which prompted the suspect to confess.
Bog body from Pangerfilze 1927 M. Germany Bavaria 18th century The remains of the find are lost.
Bog body from Tumbeagh 1998 U Ireland County Offaly 12th or 13th century First bog body discovered during a scheduled archaeological excavation .
Bog body from Windeby I 1952 M. Germany Schleswig-Holstein 41-118 Windeby I upper-body.jpg Formerly known as the Girl from Windeby , a boy according to the latest research from 2006.
Bog bodies from Wijster 1901 U Netherlands Drenthe around 1600 A group of four.
Old Croghan man 2003 M. Ireland County Offaly 362-175 BC Chr. Old Croghan Man.jpg At an estimated 198 cm, the tallest historical person found so far.
Stoneyisland man 1929 M. Ireland County Galway 3350-3220 BC Chr. Stoneyisland Man Scheme.svg Ireland's oldest known bog body.
Tollund man 1950 M. Denmark Midtjylland 375-210 BC Chr. Tollundmannen.jpg Denmark's most famous bog corpse.
Windover 1982 D. United States Florida 5340-5230 BC Chr. With 168 bog bodies recovered so far, the site is one of the most important bog find complexes worldwide.
Bleivik man 1952 M. Norway Rogaland 6110-5890 BC Chr.
Man from Hogenseth 1920 M. Germany Lower Saxony unknown not available The find was buried without scientific investigation and is considered lost.
Moor corpse Bremervörde FStNr. 98 1934 W ~ Germany Lower Saxony 634-689 Bremervörde FStNr98 full.jpg Also known as the bog body from Bremervörde Gnattenbergswiesen
Gunnister Man 1951 M. Great Britain Shetland 1690-1710
Cashel Man 2011 M. Ireland County Laois 2141-1960 BC Chr.
Burlage peat dog 1953 U Germany Lower Saxony 1477-1611 One of the few, almost completely preserved animal bog bodies.

Web links

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Heinrich Handelmann , Adolf Pansch : Moor corpses in Schleswig-Holstein . Schwers'sche Buchhandlung, Kiel 1873, p. 6-11, 17-29 .
  2. Johanna Mestorf : About the bog bodies found in Holstein and elsewhere . In: Karl Andree (Hrsg.): Globus: Illustrated magazine for country and ethnology . tape 20 . Vieweg, 1871, ISSN  0935-0535 , p. 139-142 .
  3. ^ Johanna Mestorf : Moor corpses . In: Report of the Museum of Patriotic Antiquities at the University of Kiel . tape 42 . Lipsius & Tischer, Kiel 1900.
  4. ^ Johanna Mestorf : Moor corpses . In: Report of the Schleswig-Holstein Museum of Patriotic Antiquities at the University of Kiel . tape 44 . Lipsius & Tischer, Kiel 1907, p. 14-50 .
  5. ^ Alfred Dieck : The European bog body finds (Hominidenmoorfunde) . In: Göttingen writings on prehistory and early history . tape 5 . Wachholtz, Neumünster 1965 (only the catalog part Volume 1 of the three-volume work has been published, the scientific evaluation and the source information remained unpublished).
  6. ^ Wijnand van der Sanden , Sabine Eisenbeiß: Imaginary people - Alfred Dieck and the bog bodies of northwest Europe . In: Archaeological correspondence sheet . No. 36 , 2006, ISSN  0342-734X , p. 111-122 (English).
  7. ^ Wijnand van der Sanden : Alfred Dieck and the Dutch bog bodies: some critical marginal notes . In: Lower Saxony Regional Association for Prehistory (ed.): The customer NF . No. 44 , 1993, ISSN  0342-0736 , pp. 127-139 .
  8. ^ Wijnand van der Sanden : Men en moeras: veenlijken in Nederland van de bronstijd tot en met de Romeinse tijd . In: Archeologische monografieën van het Drents Museum . No. 1 . Drents Museum, Assen 1990, ISBN 90-70884-31-3 (Dutch).
  9. ^ Wijnand van der Sanden : Men en moeras: het vervolg . Assen 1992 (Dutch).
  10. CS Briggs, Richard C. Turner: A Gazetteer of Bog Burials from Britain and Ireland . In: IM Stead u. a (Ed.): Lindow Man - the body in the bog . British Museum Publications, London 1986, ISBN 0-7141-1386-7 , pp. 181-195 (English).
  11. ^ Richard C. Turner: Gazetteer of Bog Bodies in the British Isles . In: Richard C. Turner; Robert G. Scaife (Ed.): Bog Bodies - New Discoveries and New Perspectives . British Museum Press, London 1995, ISBN 0-7141-2305-6 , pp. 205-234 (English).
  12. ^ Raghnall Ó Floinn: Supplementary List of Irish Bog Bodies Noted Since 1995 . In: Nóra Bermingham, Máire Delaney (eds.): The bog body from Tumbeagh . Wordwell Books, Wicklow 2005, ISBN 978-1-869857-77-6 , pp. 217-227 (English).
  13. M = male, W = female, D = different, U = unknown / not determinable, ~ = uncertain
  14. Sorting taking into account the country
  15. Sorting takes place according to the most recent indication of the dating period
  16. Replica of the skull