Bodies in the bog and the archaeological imagination

Author:

Sanders, Karin, 1952-

Format:

Book

Language:

English

Imprint:

Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2009

Subject:

Bog bodies - Europe
Human remains (Archaeology) - Europe
Water-saturated sites (Archaeology) - Europe
Antiquities, Prehistoric - Europe
Europe - Antiquities

ISBN:

9780226734040, 0226734048, 9780226734040 (cloth : alk. paper), and 0226734048 (cloth : alk. paper)

Description:

xx, 317 p. : ill. ; 24 cm

Bibliographic Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index

Contents:

Remarkable remains -- Nature's own darkroom -- The archaeological uncanny -- Uses and abuses : bog body politics -- Erotic digging -- Bog body art -- Museum thresholds and the ethics of display -- Making faces -- Frozen time and material metaphors

Collection:

BGC Monograph Stacks

Call Number:

GN803 .S24 2009

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