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dc.contributor.authorChapman, H.
dc.contributor.authorVan Beek, R.
dc.contributor.authorGearey, B.
dc.contributor.authorJennings, Benjamin R.
dc.contributor.authorSmith, D.
dc.contributor.authorNielsen, N.H.
dc.contributor.authorElabdin, Z.Z.
dc.date.accessioned2019-08-09T08:43:56Z
dc.date.available2019-08-09T08:43:56Z
dc.date.issued2020-05
dc.identifier.citationChapman H, Van Beek R, Gearey B et al (2020) Bog bodies in context: developing a best practice approach. European Journal of Archaeology. 23(2): 227-249.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10454/17199
dc.descriptionYesen_US
dc.description.abstractBog bodies are among the best-known archaeological finds worldwide. Much of the work on these often extremely well-preserved human remains has focused on forensics, whereas the environmental setting of the finds has been largely overlooked. This applies to both the ‘physical’ and ‘cultural’ landscape and constitutes a significant problem since the vast spatial and temporal scales over which the practice appeared demonstrate that contextual assessments are of the utmost importance for our explanatory frameworks. In this article we develop best practice guidelines for the contextual analysis of bog bodies after having assessed the current state of research and presented the results of three recent case studies including the well-known finds of Lindow Man in the United Kingdom, Bjældskovdal (Tollund Man and Elling Woman) in Denmark, and Yde Girl in the Netherlands. Three spatial and chronological scales are distinguished and linked to specific research questions and methods. This provides a basis for further discussion and a starting point for developing approaches to bog body finds and future discoveries, while facilitating and optimising the re-analysis of previous studies, making it possible to compare deposition sites across time and space.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipThe Home Turf Project of Wageningen University and Research Centre, financed by the Dutch Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO Vidi Project, no. 276-60-003).en_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.rights© 2019 CUP. This article has been published in a revised form in European Journal of Archaeology - https://doi.org/10.1017/eaa.2019.54. This version is free to view and download for private research and study only. Not for re-distribution, re-sale or use in derivative works.en_US
dc.subjectBog bodiesen_US
dc.subjectEuropeen_US
dc.subjectLandscapeen_US
dc.subjectScalar analysisen_US
dc.subjectPeatlandsen_US
dc.subjectSite locationen_US
dc.titleBog bodies in context: developing a best practice approachen_US
dc.status.refereedYesen_US
dc.date.Accepted2019-07-30
dc.date.Accepted2019-07-30
dc.date.application2019-08-29
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.type.versionAccepted manuscripten_US
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1017/eaa.2019.54
refterms.dateFOA2019-08-09T08:44:26Z


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