Bog Bodies
Describe Bog conditions
-no/low oxygen
-tannic acid
-peat
when was Mungo Man found
1974
Did Bowler ever apologise to the First Nations peoples of Willandra Lakes and if so when?
Yes, formally in 2017
When was the ice maiden found
1993
Where was Tollund Man found?
Denmark
Where was the red ochre from?
Broken Hill
Name the 5 methods of preservation
extreme heat
extreme dryness
volcanic ash
bog conditions
human intervention
Who found the Ice maiden?
Natalia Polosmak
How old was Tollund man when he died?
Between 20-40 years
How old is Mungo Man's remains?
40,000 years old
What are the 2 types of information gained from burial customs?
Cultural and Biological
what bone Disease did the Ice Maiden have and spell it correctly
Osteomyelitis
What was Connelly's perspective on the Bog Bodies?
-More like a mugging/death from combat (Clothes stolen). Absence of clothes is not proof of ritual death
Name the 4 methods of Aboriginal Burial
Inhuman
desiccation
platform exposure
Cremation
Describe what side of the Cultural or Scientific Debate Jones was and describe one of his ideas
Jones is Science
Not grandparents but fossils
What evidence suggests she was a shaman?
-tattoos
-Kurgan away from other tombs
-wealth/status
-fumes of metals found in her lungs/nose
What was Julius Caesar's perspective on Bog bodies sacrifice or Punishment?
-Sacrifices are necessary to ensure a life lost is paid back with a life lost
-The gods are happier when the sacrifice has committed a crime but if needed an innocent will pay
Name all the significant dates of the reburial of Mungo Man
2015- ANU relinquished
2017- Return to country
2022- reburried
2023- External investigation into reburial
What did Tacitus say about bogs
Traitors and deserters... are hanged on trees,
cowards, shirkers and sodimites are pressed
down under a wicker hurdle into the slimy mud
of a bog.
Explain her cause of death
breast cancer stage 4 made her fall from a horse, osteomyelitis meant her bones could not heal, eventually succumbed to her injuries approx 3 months after her fall