Windeby I
Bog body found in Germany
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Windeby I is the name given to the bog body found preserved in a peat bog near Windeby, Northern Germany, in 1952. Until recently, the body was also called the Windeby Girl, since an archeologist believed it to be the body of a 14-year-old girl, because of its slight build. Prof. Heather Gill-Robinson, a Canadian anthropologist and pathologist, used DNA testing to show the body was actually that of a sixteen-year-old boy.[1] The body has been radiocarbon-dated to between 41 BC and 118 AD.[2]
Cause of death
It was thought by P.V. Glob that the body had met with a violent death (The Bog People, Glob, 1969, p114), but research by Dr. Heather Gill-Robinson has led to this theory being disputed.[3] Jarrett A. Lobell and Samir S. Patel wrote that the body 'shows no signs of trauma, and evidence from the skeleton suggests [she] may have died from repeated bouts of illness or malnutrition.'[4]
See also
Some notable bog bodies
(BCE/CE dates given are radiocarbon dates.)
- Bocksten Man, a modern body from 1290 to 1430 CE, found 1936 in Varberg Municipality, Sweden.
- Borremose Bodies, from 400 to 700 BCE, found 1940s in Himmerland, Denmark.
- Cladh Hallan mummies, from 1600 to 1300 BCE, found on the island of South Uist, Scotland.
- Clonycavan Man, from 392 to 201 BCE, found 2003 in County Meath, Ireland
- Girl of the Uchter Moor, found in 2000 in Uchte, Germany.
- Grauballe Man, from 290 BCE, found 1952 in Jutland, Denmark.
- Haraldskær Woman, from 490 BCE, found 1835 in Jutland, Denmark.
- Lindow Man, from 20 to 90 CE, found 1984 in Cheshire, England.
- Old Croghan Man, from 362 to 175 BCE, found in County Offaly, Ireland.
- Yde Girl, from 54 BCE to 128 CE, found 1897 near the village of Yde, Netherlands.
External links
- National Geographic September 2007: "Tales From the Bog"
Sources
References
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- ^ Gill-Robinson, Heather Catherine (2006). The iron age bog bodies of the Archaeologisches Landesmuseum, Schloss Gottorf, Schleswig, Germany. Manitoba: University of Manitoba. ISBN 978-0-494-12259-4. (Doctors thesis)
- ^ Gebühr (2002) p. 47; cited in the corresponding article on German Wikipedia
- ^ "'Windeby Girl' Mummy's Secret - She Was A Boy | Science 2.0". www.science20.com. 27 August 2014. Retrieved 30 August 2019.
- ^ Lonell & Patel (May 2010). "Windeby Girl and Weerdinge Couple - Archaeology Magazine Archive". Archaeology. 63 (3). Retrieved 30 August 2019.
- ^ Diezel, Hage, Jankuhn, Klenk, Schaefer, Schlabow, Schürtrumpf, Spatz (1958). "Zwei Moorleichenfunde aus dem Domlandsmoor". Praehistorische Zeitschrift (in German). 36. Berlin: 186 Fig 1. doi:10.1515/prhz.1958.36.1.118. ISSN 0079-4848. S2CID 162256752.
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(approx. deathdates)
- Koelbjerg Man (c. 8000 BC)
- Luttra Woman (c. 3920–3650 BC)
- Stoneyisland Man (c. 3320–3220 BC)
- Cashel Man (c. 2000 BC)
- Borremose bodies (c. 770 BC)
- Girl of the Uchter Moor (c. 764–515 BC)
- Haraldskær Woman (c. 490 BC)
- Gallagh Man (c. 470–120 BC)
- Kayhausen Boy (c. 400–300 BC)
- Tollund Man (c. 4th c. BC)
- Clonycavan Man (c. 392–201 BC)
- Old Croghan Man (c. 362–175 BC)
- Elling Woman (c. 350–150 BC)
- Damendorf Man (c. 300 BC)
- Grauballe Man (c. 3rd c. BC)
- Lindow Man (c. 200 BC–119 AD)
- Lindow Woman (c. 200 BC–119 AD)
- Weerdinge Men (c. 160 BC–220 AD)
- Huldremose Woman (c. 160 BC–340 AD)
- Yde Girl (c. 54 BC–128 AD)
- Windeby I (c. 41 BC–118 AD)
- Osterby Man (c. 70–220 AD)
- Amcotts Moor Woman (c. 200–400 AD)
- Bocksten Man (14th c. AD)
- Gunnister Man (c. 18th c. AD)
