Bleivik man

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The man of Bleivik ( Norwegian : Stone Alder Mannen fra Bleivik ) or bog body of Bleivik is a Mesolithic bog body , which in 1952 in a former marsh about six kilometers north of the city of Haugesund in Norway has been found.

Find

In March 1952 a farmer came across human bones while building a drainage ditch in his field at a depth of 70 centimeters . It hid a well-preserved skull , a femur and a humerus . During a re-excavation by employees of the University of Bergen in June, additional bones were found at the site, including a rib , two vertebrae and teeth, as well as fragments of another thigh bone.
Location: 59 ° 28 ′ 45.1 ″  N , 5 ° 14 ′ 42.1 ″  E Coordinates: 59 ° 28 ′ 45.1 ″  N , 5 ° 14 ′ 42.1 ″  E

Findings

The anthropological examination of the skull revealed that it was a man around 60 years old . Based on the long bones present, his height was estimated to be a maximum of 160 centimeters. Pronounced muscle attachment marks on the bones suggest a strong physique close of the man. The teeth were a left lower canine , a left lower premolar , and a right upper incisor . The anatomical and odontological examination of the teeth found in the 1990s confirmed that they can all be assigned to the man whose age was limited to 55 to 60 years based on the characteristic features of the tooth roots.

The cause of death could not be determined on the basis of the body parts present. The layer of earth at the site showed no faults or excavation traces, which suggests that the deceased was not buried, but came to lie there naturally and was only gradually covered by sediment. For these reasons, the scientists working with Torgersen assumed that the man might have drowned in the then still open water . By means of a pollen analysis carried out in the 1950s from the layer of earth in which the skeletal parts were embedded, the find was dated to around 5000 BC . The dating could later be confirmed by 14 C dating of a sample from the bones to the period around 7950 ± 110 years Before Present , between about 6110 and 5890 BC. BC, to be determined more precisely.

literature

  • 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. 85, 177 (Dutch, original title: Vereeuwigd in het veen . Translated by Henning Stilke).
  • Gisle Bang: The Age of a Stone Age Human Skeleton Determined by Means of Root Dentin Tranparencey . In: Norwegian Archaeological review . No. 26 , 1993, pp. 55–57 (English, online [accessed December 7, 2011] Issue 1, anatomical-odontological examination of the teeth).
  • Johan Torgersen, Bernhard Getz, Ulf Hafsten, Haakon Olsen: Steinaldersmannen fra Bleivik, Skåre, Rogaland . Grieg, Bergen 1953 (Norwegian, with an English summary).

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Johan Torgersen, Bernhard Getz, Ulf Hafsten, Haakon Olsen: Steinaldersmannen fra Bleivik, Skåre, Rogaland . Grieg, Bergen 1953, p. 8 .
  2. ↑ a b c Johan Torgersen, Bernhard Getz, Ulf Hafsten, Haakon Olsen: Steinaldersmannen from Bleivik, Skåre, Rogaland . Grieg, Bergen 1953 (Norwegian with English summary).
  3. ^ A b Gisle Bang: The Age of a Stone Age Human Skeleton Determined by Means of Root Dentin Tranparencey . In: Norwegian Archaeological review . No. 26 , 1993, pp. 55-57 (Book 1, English).
personal data
SURNAME Bleivik man
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Bleivik bog corpse; Steinaldermannen from Bleivik (Norwegian)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Bog corpse
DATE OF BIRTH between 6200 BC BC and 5940 BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH between 6110 BC BC and 5890 BC Chr.
Place of death near Haugesund , Norway