Lindow Man

Klappentext 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. Jody Joy tells the gripping and gruesome story of the discovery, examination and Lindow Man, and explores the many unanswered questions which remain. Vorwort 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. Jody Joy tells the gripping and gruesome story of the discovery, examination and Lindow Man, and explores the many unanswered questions which remain. Zusammenfassung 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.

Product details

• Authors: Jody Joy, Joy Jody
• Publisher: British Museum Publications
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 06.04.2009
• EAN: 9780714128177
• ISBN: 978-0-7141-2817-7
• No. of pages: 56
• Series: People in Focus; Objects in Focus; People in Focus
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology, Cheshire, Archaeology by period / region