Bog corpse Borremose II

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The bog body Borremose II

The bog corpse Borremose II is an Iron Age bog corpse from the peat bog of the same name near Aars in the municipality of Vesthimmerland ( Denmark ).

Finding circumstances

One year after the husband of Borremose I , peat cutters discovered another bog body on June 27, 1947, just a kilometer away. She was taken to a short site survey Danish National Museum of Copenhagen brought.
Location: 56 ° 47 ′ 36 ″  N , 9 ° 34 ′ 55 ″  E Coordinates: 56 ° 47 ′ 36 ″  N , 9 ° 34 ′ 55 ″  E

description

The bog body lay prone on a birch bark pad at a depth of two meters. In the immediate vicinity there were birch twigs, directly on the body were three approximately 10 centimeters long birch sticks of the same thickness. The skull was broken and the brain was visible. The hair was two to three inches long. The right leg was broken four inches below the knee. The corpse was naked, but the lower body and legs were covered with a 4- ply twill cloak and a fringed cloth . Both are now on display in the National Museum in Copenhagen. The cloak was of the type commonly found on male corpses. It is uncertain whether the corpse actually got into the moor naked, since clothing made from vegetable raw materials such as flax fibers may have passed away in the acid moor environment. There were also other findings: half a clay pot on the knee of the corpse and half a humerus and half a spoke of a human baby next to her. Around the neck of the bog body was a leather cord with an amber bead and a brass disc 22 to 23 millimeters in diameter.

Investigation results

The body was not in good condition to be sexually determined. Most, but not all, of the authors suspect that it is a woman. According to a C-14 analysis , the time of death was around the year 475 BC. BC, i.e. at the beginning of the Iron Age. The cause of death could not be determined.

More finds

In addition to the bog body of Borremose II and Borremose I's husband, the remains of Borremose's wife were also found in the same moor , but none of them are directly related to one another.

literature

  • PV Glob : The sleepers in the moor . Winkler, Munich 1966 (Danish: Mosefolket . Translated by Thyra Dohrenburg ).

Web links

Commons : Borremose bog bodies  - Collection of images, videos and audio files
  • Christian Fischer: More Bog Bodies. In: The Tollund Man. Silkeborg Museum, accessed December 5, 2011 .

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Using Google Earth according to Figure 137 in 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. 103 (Dutch, original title: Vereeuwigd in het veen . Translated by Henning Stilke). certainly.
  2. ^ A b Bryony and John Coles: People of the Wetlands. Bogs, bodies, and lake dwellers . In: Ancient people and places . tape 106 . Thames and Hudson, New York 1989, ISBN 0-500-02112-0 , pp. 185 .
  3. ↑ Peter Vilhelm Glob : The sleepers in the moor . Winkler, Munich 1966, p.  75 (Danish: Mosefolket . Translated by Thyra Dohrenburg).
  4. ^ Don Reginald Brothwell: The bog man and the archeology of people . Ed .: British Museum / Trustees. 4th edition. British Museum Publications, London 1991, ISBN 0-7141-1384-0 , pp. 41 .
  5. ↑ Christian Fischer: The Tollund Man - More Bog Bodies ( Memento from April 2, 2012 in the Internet Archive ), Silkeborg Museum (English)
  6. ^ Arthur C. Aufderheide: The Scientific Study of Mummies . Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 2003, ISBN 0-521-81826-5 , pp. 179 .
personal data
SURNAME Bog corpse Borremose II
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Danish bog corpse (Iron Age)
DATE OF BIRTH 5th century BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH around 475 BC Chr.
Place of death near Aars , Denmark