Tollund Man
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Named after a nearby Danish village, where its discoverers lived.
Proper noun[edit]
- (archaeology) A bog body found preserved in peat on the Jutland peninsula, Denmark, in 1950; the naturally mummified body of a man believed to have lived in the 5th century BCE during the period characterised in Scandinavia as the pre-Roman Iron Age.
- 1996, Christine Quigley, The Corpse: a history, McFarland & Company, page 237:
- Tollund Man was found eight or nine feet beneath the surface of a Danish bog by two men cutting peat in 1950.
- 1998, Christian Fischer, “Bog bodies of Denmark and northwestern Europe”, in Aidan Cockburn, Eve Cockburn, Theodore A. Reyman, editors, Mummies, Disease and Ancient Cultures, 2nd edition, Cambridge University Press, page 247:
- The composition of the meal was a clear indication of the dating of Tollund Man, as the ration of naked and hulled barley closely corresponds to the ratio known to be used around the time of the birth of Christ; linseed and spelt, also found among the stomach contents, do not enter the Danish flora until around 400 BC.
- 2015, Margaret Comer, “13: Ancient Bodies, Modern Ideologies: Bog Bodies and Identity in Denmark and Ireland”, in Peter F. Biehl, Douglas C. Comer, Christopher Prescott, Hilary A. Soderland, editors, Identity and Heritage, Springer, page 130:
- The remains of Tollund Man reside in Silkeborg. Tollund Man lies in the center of a room dedicated to displaying himself and aspects of his life.
Translations[edit]
bog man discovered in Denmark in 1950
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