Bog bodies : : face to face with the past / / Melanie Giles.
Reinterpreting the latest research and discoveries, and featuring a ground-breaking study of Worsley Man, this book brings the bogs to life through both natural history and folklore, revealing them as places that were rich and fertile yet dangerous. It also reflects on the debate over whether bog bo...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Manchester, England : : Manchester University Press,, 2020. |
| Year of Publication: | 2020 |
| Language: | English |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xv, 312 pages) |
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Table of Contents:
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Discovering bog bodies
- 3 Preserving the dead
- 4 Crossing the bog
- 5 Exquisite things and everyday treasures: interpreting deposition in the bog
- 6 Violent ends
- 7 Worsley Man: Manchester's bog head
- 8 Disquieting exhibits
- 9 Conclusion: creative legacies
- Index.