Man from Granhammar
The man from Granhammar ( Swedish Granhammarsmannen ) was found in 1953 in a ditch near Granhammar slot (Granhammar Castle) in Granhammar in the municipality of Upplands-Bro north of Stockholm in Sweden .
The man who was probably about 1.8 m tall and was probably killed with an ax lived around 800 BC. His body was sunk in a bay with his personal equipment. The Granhammer is Sweden's most famous man from the Nordic Bronze Age .
The archaeologist Jonathan Lindström (born 1962), with the help of other scientists, initiated various analyzes and created a picture of the man. Thanks to modern technology, it has been possible to reconstruct what he looked like, what he ate and where he lived in different phases of life. A reconstruction of the man's head can be seen in the Stockholm History Museum .
literature
- Jonathan Lindström: Bronsåldersmordet. Om arkeologi och ond bråd död. Nordstedts, Stockholm 2009. ISBN 978-91-1-302378-6 .
Web links
- Men from Granhammar. State Historical Museum, Sweden (Swedish) and picture
- Granhammarsmen. Upplands-Bro Kulturhistoriska Forskningsinstitut (German)
Coordinates: 59 ° 31 '31.4 " N , 17 ° 47' 19.8" E
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Man from Granhammar |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Granhammarsmannen (Swedish) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swedish murder victim |
| DATE OF BIRTH | before 800 BC Chr. |
| DATE OF DEATH | around 800 BC Chr. |
| Place of death | Granhammar, Upplands-Bro Municipality , Sweden |