most of the other bog bodies, the woman from Huldremose was fully clothed. Her clothes are very well preserved, despite being almost 2000 years old. The woman from Huldremose
under her left arm with a pin made from a bird bone. On her upper body she wore a cape made from several dark brown sheep skins, with a collar of light-coloured sheep skin. The wool side of the skin cape [...] there is no sign of it today and it may be that the ring was removed in connection with the handling of the body in 1879. A thorough examination of the woman’s body has shown that her innermost item of clothing was a garment made of plant fibres, maybe nettle or linen. Only af few traces of this garment are left on the woman’s skin, as the major part of the textile has decomposed during the period in the bog
2017 Dansk Magisterforening uddeler forskningspriser til rum- og fortidsforskere (In Danish) DM's forskningspris 2017 går til Karin M. Frei (in Danish) Documentary by Smithsonian Channel on bog bodies featuring our strontium isotope analyses of the Huldremose Woman, the Haraldskær Woman and the Tollund Man Smithsonian Channel's Secrets of Bog Bodies Berlingske Tidende (in Danish) Bronzealderkvinder
the hunters tried to hit the animal as many times as possible. On entering the aurochs’ body the arrows caused blood loss, pain and exhaustion. In normal circumstances the large animal would have succumbed [...] these deadly arrowheads was highly specialised. In 1983 another aurochs skeleton was found, this time in Prejlerup bog in north-western Zealand. This aurochs had been shot by at least nine microliths, however the animal escaped it's hunters and drowned in the bog. The microliths that brought down the aurochs from Prejlerup. This is how a microlith is made.
with the bog body of a man, who lived in the centuries before Christ, 365-116 BC. Flint scrapers were used to clean the skins. The large spoon-shaped scraper was found near Skotterup in Northern Zealand,
though is testified by the weapon offering from Hjortspring Mose. You can also read more about the woman from Huldremose , who was laid in the bog dressed in her finest clothes. A new metal, silver, [...] Cauldron from the Early Iron Age in Room 17. The chieftain from Hoby was buried just after the Birth of Christ and was given splendid grave furnishings. In the 2nd century BC the body of a woman was laid
Swords were placed as gifts in rich men’s graves and a sword could also be used as an offering to the divine powers, which inhabited the lakes and bogs. Men and swords in rock carvings In the area [...] (1100-500 BC) the burial custom changed from ground burials to cremation. The body was burned together with grave goods and deposited in an urn of clay , which was put down at the edge of a burial mound.
and skeletal parts found in bogs and wetlands (bog bodies) are treasure trove. Medieval and Renaissance periods Gold - all objects made of gold. Silver – All objects of silver from the Medieval period