Bog bodies Face to face with the past
The 'bog bodies' of north-western Europe have captured the imagination of poets as much as archaeologists, confronting us with human remains where time has stopped - allowing us to come 'face to face' with individuals from the past. Their exceptional preservation allows us to exa...
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Manchester University Press
2020
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