Husbäke's husband 1931

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The man of Husbäke 1931 (also Husbäke 1931 ) was a bog body , which in 1931 while cutting peat in Vehnemoor in Edewecht in Lower Saxony was found and severely damaged the National Museum of Nature and Man in Oldenburg came. Due to lack of care during the chaos of World War II , the remains were so badly damaged that they had to be disposed of in 1950 .

Reference

Since the 19th century, this area of Vehnemoors to recover was fuel , specifically for roasting of buckwheat abgetorft. As early as April 10, 1920, the well-preserved bog body Mann from Hogenseth was found about 1000 meters south of Hogenseth , but the peat workers in search of valuables cut it into many parts and buried it next day next to the Altenoythe cemetery . In 1936 Husbäke's 1936 man was found just 8 meters north .
Reference: 53 ° 5 '26.9 "  N , 7 ° 57' 50.8"  E Coordinates: 53 ° 5 '26.9 "  N , 7 ° 57' 50.8"  E

Find

On July 10, 1931, the worker Joh. Bank from Kampe came across an object while cutting peat, and when he broke the ground, he noticed hairs in the peat. He examined the find more closely and recognized a human body. Bank notified his manager and his work colleagues, who then dug up more parts of the corpse and placed them next to the edge of the pit. Later that day, outsiders notified the authorities and only the editor of the local daily E. Ries informed the Oldenburg museum director of the find. On July 11, the museum director from Buttel-Reepen traveled to the site of the discovery , together with Gendarmerie Inspector Tjarks, photographer Sternath and Mr. Eything. They examined the disheveled parts of the body that were piled up next to the pit and recovered more pieces from the peat. Sternath took several photographs of the site. The remains were transported to the museum and placed under the inventory number 5364 for preservation in a salt water solution to protect them from drying out , rotting and mold . On July 15th, overbeck, Schütte and von Büttel-Repen pulled peat profiles for the pollen analysis and on July 17th, forensic doctor Dr. Thug the body parts in the museum, but the protocol no longer exists. During the Second World War, the museum was unable to continuously monitor this storage container and it dried up with the stored finds. The remains rotten so badly that they had to be disposed of in 1950.

Findings

Husbäke's man was extremely well preserved up to the time of the rescue . The dead must have sunk into the peat bog very quickly and completely enclosed. However, the remains were very badly damaged by the improper recovery. The man was stretched out on his stomach about 100 to 135 centimeters below the moor surface that had already been excavated at that time. A trench that had been dug earlier cut the camp site, the construction of which may have damaged the body. The dead man was lying in the west-northwest direction, his legs slightly drawn up and his arms stretched out slightly bent to the left over his head. Since the find layer above the corpse had been excavated when the archaeologists arrived, statements about the burial of the dead could no longer be made with certainty, and the exact situation of the corpse in the moor could only be reconstructed from the statements of the finder. When it was recovered, the skin, which was still soft, was light in color, but after a short time it turned a blackish-brown color in the air; the skin was still tough and leathery when it was found. The body parts were still largely plastic, which was due to the well-preserved muscle and connective tissue and the extremely well-preserved internal organs , some of which were still in a solid consistency. The bones showed their natural shape when they were recovered , but due to the long storage in the acidic moor environment, they were decalcified, flexible and, when dry, much lighter than comparable fresh bone material. The head of the corpse was still intact after the recovery, but before Sternath could photograph it, a dog ran over it and kicked the facial region into the inside of the skull . The chin and mouth area of ​​the head remained undamaged. On the head there were tufts of scalp hair about 10 to 15 centimeters long, in the neck area the hair was about 8 to 14 centimeters long. The hair of the mustache was 20 to 25 millimeters long and under the lower lip there were hairs of a chin beard 40 millimeters long. As with other bog bodies, all hair was discolored reddish brown. The lips were parted slightly. The teeth were darkly discolored and the dentition was complete. The internal organs were completely preserved and identifiable, blood vessels down to the smallest ramifications could be seen on the mesentery under the magnifying glass . An examination of the stomach and intestinal contents was not carried out. According to the finders, the right hand was open and the left hand closed in a fist. The fingernails were well preserved and showed careful maintenance. According to the finders, there was a lot of body hair, especially on the legs.

The height of the man estimated museum director of Buttel-Reepen after examination of the skeletal parts to about 175 centimeters, his age , however, to deliver 20 to 30 years without a more detailed justification for it. The gender diagnosis as male was primarily based on the pronounced beard hair observed on the chin ; sex determination via the shape of the pelvis was only uncertain due to the plasticity of the decalcified bones.

No remains of clothing or other personal equipment such as tools or jewelry were documented on the body.

Cause of death

The cause of death can no longer be clarified due to the lost body parts, and because of the inadequate recovery of the corpse, it is no longer possible to determine whether the dead person was buried at the site.

Dating

The corpse was dated to the period between 1000 and 300 BC in the 1930s based on the pollen analysis of the surrounding peat layer . However, a new evaluation of the pollen diagrams showed that dating to the 1st or 2nd century AD is also possible. Since there are no more parts of the corpse itself, a more precise scientific dating, for example by means of radiocarbon dating , is no longer possible.

literature

  • Frank Both, Mamoun Fansa (Ed.): Fascination Moor Corpses: 220 Years of Moor Archeology . Philipp von Zabern, Darmstadt 2011, ISBN 978-3-8053-4360-2 , p. 15-20 .
  • Hajo Hayen : The bog bodies in the museum on the dam . In: Publications of the State Museum for Natural History and Prehistory Oldenburg . tape 6 . Isensee, Oldenburg 1987, ISBN 3-920557-73-5 , p. 35-41 .
  • Hajo Hayen : The bog body from Husbäke 1931 . In: Archaeological Communications from Northwest Germany . tape 2 , 1979, ISSN  0170-5776 , pp. 48-55 .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Hajo Hayen : The bog body from Hogenseth 1920 . In: Archaeological Communications from Northwest Germany . tape 2 , 1979, ISSN  0170-5776 , pp. 46-48 .
  2. ^ Hajo Hayen : The bog body from Husbäke 1931 (finds from the Vehne bog line Edewecht-Bösel part 1) . In: Archaeological Communications from Northwest Germany . tape 2 , 1979, ISSN  0170-5776 , pp. 45 .
  3. ↑ a b c d Hajo Hayen : The bog body from Husbäke 1931 . In: Archaeological Communications from Northwest Germany . tape 2 , 1979, ISSN  0170-5776 , pp. 48-55 .
  4. ^ Arie J. Kalis, Jutta Meurers-Balke : Graber im Moor? A comment on pollen stratigraphic studies on bog corpses . In: Archaeological Communications from Northwest Germany . tape 21 , 1998, ISSN  0170-5776 , p. 71-78 .
personal data
SURNAME Husbäke's husband 1931
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Bog body from Husbäke 1931
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Bog corpse
DATE OF BIRTH between 10th century BC BC and 2nd century
DATE OF DEATH between 10th century BC BC and 2nd century
Place of death at Edewecht