Dating Danish textiles and skins from bog finds by means of C AMS |
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Authors: | Ulla Mannering,Gö ran Possnert,Jan Heinemeier,Margarita Gleba |
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Affiliation: | 1. The Danish National Research Foundation''s Centre for Textile Research, University of Copenhagen, Njalsgade 102, DK-2300 Copenhagen S, Denmark;2. Uppsala Tandem Laboratory, Uppsala University, Box 533, S-75121 Uppsala, Sweden;3. AMS 14C Dating Centre, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Aarhus University, DK-8000 Aarhus C, Denmark |
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Abstract: | This study presents the results of 44 new 14C analyses of Danish Early Iron Age textiles and skins. Of 52 Danish bog finds containing skin and textile items, 30 are associated with bog bodies. Until now, only 18 of these have been dated. In this paper we add dates to the remaining finds. The results demonstrate that the Danish custom of depositing clothed bodies in a bog is centred to the centuries immediately before and at the beginning of the Common Era. Most of these bodies are carefully placed in the bog – wrapped or dressed in various textile and/or skin garments. The care with which these people were placed in the bog indicates that they represent a hitherto unrecognised burial custom supplementing the more common burial pratice for this period. |
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Keywords: | Archaeological textiles Archaeological skin items C14 dating Danish Bog finds Bog mummies Early Iron Age Denmark |
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