Talk:Lindow Man
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Too much conjecture here. Lindow man could just as likely been executed for committing some crime, instead of being a sacrifice. I've read the official book on Lindow man, and they drew no solid conclusions on why he was killed. (Anonymous)
Not commenting on the above statement, more on the article itself. The opening sentence states that Lindow Man was discovered in 1893. I thought it was 1984.
- 1983, more in 84 and further bits in 1988, according to the linked article. I've cleaned up the "re-dating" and enthusiastic assertions that have crept into the article. Another other external links? --Wetman 00:39, 29 April 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Ronald Hutton's analysis
Just in case it ever comes up here, Hutton's analysis in the Times Literary Supplement (claiming that the Lindow man is no longer evidence for ritual human sacrifice) has been countered by Dr. JD Hill, the curator for the British Museum's British and European Iron Age dept. Hutton's original article; Dr. Hill's refutation. Fuzzypeg☻ 23:46, 10 January 2007 (UTC) A close visual examination provided obvious clues that Lindow Man had been murdered. Head and neck. First, he had been hit twice on the crown of his head with a blunt object, probably an ax; he had also been struck once at the base of his skull. Second, he had been strangled. Around Lindow Man's neck was a small rope that had been twisted tightly, closing off his windpipe and breaking two of his neck vertebrae. Finally, scientists found a gash at the throat, which may indicate that his throat was cut, though some scientists think that the wound occurred naturally after his death. If indeed his throat was cut, it was probably done to drain his body of blood. Hair. Scientists discovered some interesting details by looking at Lindow Man's hair and beard. They were surprised that he had a beard, since no other male bog body had been found with a beard; this was clearly not common at the time he lived. Scientists also learned that someone had trimmed Lindow Man's hair with scissors two or three days before his death. Historians and archaeologists knew that, although scissors existed in England at the time, they would have been uncommon, most likely reserved for a privileged few. Was the murdered man, they wondered, a dignitary? Fingernails. Scientists found that his fingernails appeared well-manicured and cared for. They wondered if this showed that he was an important member of society, who was exempt from manual labor. But as Don Brothwell, who studied Lindow Man, explained, no one really knows what the manicured fingernails of a bog person would look like, since no one has ever compared the fingernails of mummies. Clothing. Unfortunately, Lindow Man was naked, except for an arm band made of fox fur and the thin rope around his neck. Without clothes, he could have been a king or a laborer. As author Brothwell put it: Why did he have a well-developed, but roughly trimmed, beard - unique among bog bodies - and well-kept nails? Was he an aristocrat fallen on hard times, or a high-born prisoner sacrificed to the gods?
[edit] Vandalism
This page is under constant attack by furtive vandals fooling with statistics. It urgently needs closer adult supervision. --Wetman (talk) 10:13, 17 February 2008 (UTC)
