About this title: From time to time workers in bogs throughout Europe accidentally expose the sunken bodies of people who died 2000 or more years ago. The bo g waters have kept the bodies from decay, sometimes even preserving the facial expression at the moment of death, and many of the bodies bear signs of violent ends. This book seeks to cast light on these Iron ...
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Binding: Mass-market paperback
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Date Published: 1971
ISBN-13:9780345024299ISBN:034502429X
Description: Good. No dust jacket as issued. Pages tanned, text clean. Corner fold to one page, no stains or tears. Cover is shiny with discolorataion, light soiling and small, taped tear. Spine has slight tilt and is creased. Well illustrated. 160 p. Includes: illustrations, index, bibliography. Mass market (rack) paperback. Glued binding. 160 p. Includes illustrations. read more
Description: Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Edition: 2nd ptg
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Cornell University Press, Ithaca, N.Y.
Date Published: 1970
Description: Fair in fair dust jacket. Hardcover, w/jacket. Ex-lib, w/usual marks, crossouts, some wear esp at spine-ends, d/j in 'mylar' & wraps clipped, tapestains in endpapers, text-block lightly shaken, but--NO stains, tears, non-lib writing, in clean book. Text in English, Danish. 200 pp; 26 cm. Includes: Illustrations, Maps. Translation of Mosefolket. Bibliography: p. 193-197. read more
Binding: Trade pb
Publisher: Faber, London
Date Published: 1969
Description: Good. No dust jacket, as issued. Unknown printing. [English, Danish]. 200 p. illus., 2 maps. 26 cm. Originally published as Mosefolket, K"»benhavn, Gyldendal, 1966. Bibliography: p. 193-197. read more
Binding: Trade pb
Publisher: Faber, London
Date Published: 1969
Description: Good. No dust jacket, as issued. Unknown printing. [English, Danish]. 200 p. illus., 2 maps. 26 cm. Originally published as Mosefolket, K"»benhavn, Gyldendal, 1966. Bibliography: p. 193-197. read more
Description: Glob, P.V., trans. by Rupert Bruce-Mitford., Cornell University Press, 1970, c1969, 2nd printing, cloth (hard cover), vg-fine with good+ dj (light soil/dampstain), 200 pp with bibliography & index, B&W photographic illus., tall 8vo, "Professor Glob easily established that the body was that of an Iron-Age man flung into the bog 2, 000 years ago and preserved..." read more
Description: Good. 1988-Paperback----Used-Good-Hall Street Books proudly ships from Brooklyn, NY. All orders are processed and shipped within 24 hours, M-F. 100% money back No-Worry guarantee with expedited delivery and delivery confirmation available. read more
Binding: Perfect Bound Paper
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Date Published: 1973
Description: Fine- No Jacket as Issued. Small Trade Paperback. 16mo-over 5¾"-6¾" tall. No spine crease, light fray at bottom of spine. Binding tight, pages clean. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Cornell University Press, Ithaca, N.Y.
Date Published: 1975
Description: Good in fair dust jacket. Text in English, Danish. 200 p. illus., mapsIncludes: Illustrations, Maps. Translation of Mosefolket. Bibliography: p. 193-197. Dj has edge wear and a few tears, address label has been crossed out inside front cover, text in very good cond, clean and unmarked. read more
"All in all, I found this book to be a good, informative read. I truly appreciated the numerous pictures throughout the book. Some of the science may be a bit dated as the book was originally published 40 years ago, but it is certainly a good introductory book for people interested in the subject.
One thing I did not like is the fact that the majority of the materials referenced in the bibliography section were in Danish, which means that for someone like me, they are inaccessible as far as original source materials go."
"Fascinating at age twelve, still completely engrossing. My sisters and I quarrelled over which of us got to steal it from the parents' bookshelves when we left home. I got it and read it until it fell apart. Now in pieces, it still fascinates. Too bad he wrote only one other book (also FASCINATING) as far as I know."
"I'm not generally into archaeology/anthropology, but this intrigued me. These bodies were found in bogs, mostly in Denmark. The acidic water in the bogs preserved the bodies so well that people who found them thought they were recent murder victims and often called the police! Turns out they were 2,000 years old, from the Iron Age. The photos are amazing. Except for the darkened skin from the tannins in the water, some of these people look like they're just sleeping. Even their brains and eyeballs were preserved. COOL! From the objects found with the bodies, experts were able to determine that many of these people were ritual human sacrifices to appease the fertility goddess so she would provide an abundant harvest.
My modern-day version of this book will feature discoveries of people mummified in front of their computers. The Blog People :-)"
"I can't even remember the first time I picked up this book.. I hold Prof Glob responsible for my becoming an archaeologist. My husband holds him responsible for being dragged to museums throught Europe to see leathery dead people."
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