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Bodies from the Bog
by Deem, James M
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- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0395857848
- ISBN 13
- 9780395857847
- Seller
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About This Item
Houghton Mifflin, 1998. First Edition. . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. pp.42 with index. Describes the discovery of bog bodies in northern Europe and the evidence that their remains reveal about themselves and the civilizations that they lived in. clean tight copy minuscule rubbing to edges with small abrasion top front on spine hinge Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Synopsis
In 1952, Danish workmen digging in a peat bog made an astonishing discovery. Their shovels struck the head of a dead man, his face flattened by the weight of the peat and his skin as brown as the earth in which he lay. Who was he and how had he come to be there? Scientists examined him and learned the answers to these questions and many more, including how he died and even what he ate on his last day. In this fascinating glimpse into the world of the bog people, Deem explains to readers who those people were, how they lived, what they believed, and how peat bogs preserve bodies.
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- Booked Experiences
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 014893
- Title
- Bodies from the Bog
- Author
- Deem, James M
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition.
- ISBN 10
- 0395857848
- ISBN 13
- 9780395857847
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin
- Place of Publication
- Wilmington, Massachusetts, U.s.a.
- Date Published
- 1998
- Bookseller catalogs
- EUROPE; ANTHROPOLOGY; ARCHAEOLOGY;
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