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Description for Lindow Man
Paperback. This compact book, packed with glorious colour photography joins a series on the stand out holdings of the British Museum. It describes the discovery, conservation and analysis of the corpse of Lindow Man, Britain's best preserved bog body, dating to the late Iron Age. Series: People in Focus. Num Pages: 56 pages, col illus. BIC Classification: 1DBKENC; HDD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 147 x 5. Weight in Grams: 138.
Lindow Man was accidentally discovered by peat-cutters in Cheshire in the 1980s. He was first thought to be a modern murder victim, but scientific investigations soon proved that he had died in the first century AD, around the time of the Roman conquest of Britain. The environment of the peat bog had kept his body in a remarkable state of preservation, and he is still providing a wealth of information to researchers about the diet and health of people at that time. Many theories have been put forward about his death. He was (apparently) struck on the head, strangled, and ... Read more
Lindow Man was accidentally discovered by peat-cutters in Cheshire in the 1980s. He was first thought to be a modern murder victim, but scientific investigations soon proved that he had died in the first century AD, around the time of the Roman conquest of Britain. The environment of the peat bog had kept his body in a remarkable state of preservation, and he is still providing a wealth of information to researchers about the diet and health of people at that time. Many theories have been put forward about his death. He was (apparently) struck on the head, strangled, and ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
British Museum Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
56
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Series
People in Focus
Condition
New
Weight
138g
Number of Pages
56
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780714128177
SKU
V9780714128177
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-50
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