The mystrious bog people
By: editors, C. Bergen, M.J.L.Th. Niekus, and V.T. van Vilsteren ; [translation, Masha Krupp Translation Group Limited]
Contributors: Canadian Museum of Civilization; Glenbow Museum
Publisher: Waanders Publishers
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Zwolle [Netherlands]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 132
ISBN-13: 9789040096631
Subjects: Bog bodies; Exhibitions; Human remains (Archaeology); Hommes des tourbieres; Expositions; Restes humains (Archeologie)
Notes: Issued also in French under the title: Le mysterieux peuple des tourbieres.

Includes bibliographical references: p. 132.

Co-published by: Drents Museum, Assen (The Netherlands), Niedersachsisches Landesmuseum Hannover, Hannover (Germany), Canadian Museum of Civilization, Huu (Canada), Glenbow Museum, Calgary (Canada).
Table of contents: title: Cult and religion in the bog? / C. Bergen ansd S. Veil; title: The bog : a lost landscape / J.R. Beuker; title: Discoveries in the bog : history and interpretation / V.T. van Vilsteren. Trackways through the bogs / A. Metzler ; Current methods in bog research / A. Metzler; title: Cult and sacrificial methods in northwestern Europe : an overview / R. Kossian. Sacrifices in foreign religions / I. Wunn ; Sacrifices in traditional cultures / K.E. Muller; title: Hunters, gatherers and fishers of the Mesolithic period / S. Veil. Elk-bone sacrifices of the Lundby bog / S. Veil; title: The new economic style / J.R. Beuker. A place of sacrifice of Neolithic farmers on the Island of Rugen / S. Veil ; Precious stones from the Island of Helgoland / J.R. Beuker ; A six-thousand-year-old trackway through the Campemoor / A. Metzler and S. Veil ; The dagger of Wiepenkathen / S. Veil; title: The Bronze Age : traders and craftsmen / D.-B. Gaedtke-Eckardt. Lurs : pipe organs of the Bronze Age? / C. Bergen ; The man in the bearskin / J.R. Beuker ; Staff-daggers : symbols of power, marks of dignity or ceremonial devices? / S. Veil ; Rituals at the temple? / V.T. van Vilsteren; title: Change and continuity from the Iron Age to the age of migration / C. Bergen. Tacitus and the bog bodies / P. Kehne ; Man and woman in the bog / C. Bergen ; A Germanic place of sacrifice at the health spa / C. Bergen ; The gods of the Germanic people / K. Duwel ; Food gifts and weapon sacrifices / C. Bergen ; Why does "Red Franz" have red hair? / C. Bergen ; Two bodies in woollen coats / S. Veil ; The girl and the Devil / J.R. Beuker; title: The Middle Ages : from heathens to saints / E.M. Koerselman and V.T. van Vilsteren. Crime or superstition? / V.T. van Vilsteren; title: The greatest sacrifice : a human life / J.R. Beuker. The last supper / J.R. Beuker ; Face to face with our ancestors / J.R. Beuker; title: Epilogue : "Old rituals die hard" / E.M. Koerselman and V.T. van Vilsteren.