EP 93: Bodies In The Bog

In this week's episode, Paul and Kate head to an English bog in 1983 where a human head is found shockingly well preserved. The discovery leads to more exploration of the bog and an astonishing find shines light on the unique nature of the environment in this case.

Sources:

“The Bog Man and the Archaeology of People”

https://archive.org/details/bogmanarchaeolog0000brot/page/n139/mode/2up

“Bodies in the Bog: The Lindow Mysteries” by Dae Sammut and Chantelle Craig (Distillations Magazine) 2019.

https://www.sciencehistory.org/stories/magazine/bodies-in-the-bog-the-lindow-mysteries/

“Ressurecting Lindow Man” by Velson Horie (Journal of Wetland Archaeology” 2020.

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/14732971.2020.1823110

“Bog Bodies: Face to Face with the Past” by Melanie Giles

https://www.amazon.com/Bog-bodies-Face-face-past/dp/1526150182

“Lindow Man, Bog Body from England” James Deem

https://jamesmdeem.com/books.bog.lindow.html

“Bog-body, arm band, garrote” (British Museum)

https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/H_1984-1002-1

“The mystery of the human sacrifices buried in Europe's bogs” by Martha Henriques (BBC) 2022.

https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20220907-the-mystery-of-the-human-sacrifices-buried-in-europes-bogs

“Carbon-14 dating, explained” (University of Chicago)

https://news.uchicago.edu/explainer/what-is-carbon-14-dating

“Ancient Skull Leads Man to Confess he Killed Wife” (The Courier) 1983.

https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=892&dat=19831214&id=maRaAAAAIBAJ&pg=4415,2987263&hl=en

“First-century Lindo Man Goes Back to His Roots” by Maev Kennedy (The Guardian) 2008.

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2008/jan/28/archaeology.forensicscience

“Lindow Man” (Atlas Obscura)

https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/lindow-man

“Bog Body” (British Museum”

https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/H_1988-1008-1-a-am

“Lindow Man: Gruesome discovery who became ‘international celebrity’” by Chris Long (BBC News) 2014.

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-28589151

“Bog Body” (The British Museum)

https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/H_1984-1002-2

“Bog” (National Geographic)

https://education.nationalgeographic.org/resource/bog/

“What is Lindow Moss?” (Discover Lindow)

https://www.discoverlindow.org/

“Europe’s Famed Bog Bodies Are Starting to Reveal Their Secrets” by Joshua Levine (Smithsonian Magazine) 2017.

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/europe-bog-bodies-reveal-secrets-180962770/

“Marshes, Swamps and Bogs” (Exploring Nature)

https://www.exploringnature.org/db/view/Marshes-Swamps-and-Bogs#:~:text=Swamps%20have%20more%20trees%20and,bog%2C%20forming%20a%20thick%20mat.

Bog, marsh, swamp…what’s the difference? (Grace College) 2020.

https://lakes.grace.edu/bog-marsh-swamp-wetland/

“Lindow Moss development plans revealed” by Lisa Reeves (Wilmslow) 2014.

https://www.wilmslow.co.uk/news/article/9431/lindow-moss-development-plans-revealed

9 Noteworthy Bog Bodies and What They Tell Us (Brittanica)

https://www.britannica.com/list/9-noteworthy-bog-bodies-and-what-they-tell-us#:~:text=Both%20Clonycavan%20Man%20and%20Old,sovereignty%2C%20and%20war%2Fdeath.