A man from Grobolla ( dat. Grauballemanden ) - this is how one of the best preserved marsh bodies was named. The man was discovered on April 26, 1952 in a peat bog in the vicinity of Silkeborg , Denmark .
Description
The human body from Groboll is very well preserved (there are nails on the hands and hair on the head). Only his face is somewhat deformed. Judging by the throat cut from ear to ear, he was killed and then thrown into a swamp. In addition, his leg was broken, which, according to scientists, occurred after his death. Its skull was slightly deformed, either due to the pressure exerted by the peat bog , or due to the fact that peat was harvested in the swamp.
According to the results of radiocarbon analysis , a man from Groboll lived around the same period as a man from Tollund , that is, in the Iron Age , and died about 290 BC. e. At the time of his death, he was about 30 years old, he was about 175 cm tall. His clothes decayed and therefore did not survive. The study of the digestive tract helped to determine the composition of its food - it mainly consisted of grains and seeds. Small bones were found, indicating that shortly before his death he ate meat .
As in the case of finds from other swamps , experts disagree whether a man from Groboll was sacrificed to the gods or executed.
Currently, the body of a man from Grobolla is exhibited in the museum of the Danish city of Aarhus .
Notes
- ↑ Location found on the Danish Cultural Heritage Register website.
Links
- Description on Tollundman.dk (English)
- Description on Moesgaard.hum.au.dk (Danish)