Bog Bodies Uncovered - Solving Europe's Ancient Mystery

Informationen zum Autor Miranda Aldhouse-Green is Professor Emeritus at Cardiff University. She is the author of The Celtic Myths , Dictionary of Celtic Myth and Legend , Exploring the World of the Druids and, with Stephen Aldhouse-Green, The Quest for the Shaman . Klappentext The grisly story of the bog bodies, updated via details of archaeological discovery and crime-scene techniques Vorwort A compelling ancient murder mystery bringing us face-to-face with our ancestors Zusammenfassung Lindow Man, the famous Pete Marsh discovered in Cheshire in the 1980s, has been joined by new finds from Ireland and elsewhere. Who were these unfortunate people, and why were they killed? Inhaltsverzeichnis Foreword: Val McDermid ¿ Introduction ¿ 1. Discoveries & Discoverers ¿ 2. The World of the Bog People: Space, Time and Society ¿ 3. The Magic of Bog Preservation ¿ 4. Crime Scene Investigation: the Application of Forensic Science ¿ 5. Accident, Execution or Murder? ¿ 6. Modus Operandi: Ways of Killing ¿ 7. Instrumental Violence: Abuse with Purpose ¿ 8. The Chosen Ones ¿ 9. Natural Born Killers ¿ 10. Bog Deaths & Human Sacrifice ¿ Epilogue: Listening to the Dead: Bog Bodies Uncovered

Product details

• Authors: Miranda Aldhouse Green, Miranda Aldhouse-Green, Aldhouse-Green Miranda, Green Miranda J., Val McDermid
• Publisher: Thames & Hudson
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.09.2015
• EAN: 9780500051825
• ISBN: 978-0-500-05182-5
• No. of pages: 224
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book; Cultural Studies, LAW / Forensic Science, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Cheshire, Forensic Science, Archaeology by period / region, Ireland;Denmark;Europe;Europe;Forensics;Prehistoric