1. Scope and Significance:
After as much as 4,000 years the Bog Bodies of Ireland, Britain and Denmark provide a rare window into the people of the past. After nature has preserved their bodies so well over those thousands of years it should be of prime importance to preserve them at least as well into the future. After being unearthed most Bog Bodies were either left to dry out or put in some type of liquid preservative such as formaldehyde neither of which is optimum. The discovery of new Bog Bodies is becoming a rare which makes preservation even more of an imperative. The goal is to determine the optimum preservation process that is documented well enough so that new and existing Bog Bodies are treated right from the moment they are dug …show more content…
Of these around a quarter of these make up the mummified bog bodies such as the woman from Huldremose, Grauballe Man and Tollund Man that are preserved to the point part of the body like skin, hair, stomach contents and even brain are preserved. It is only in raised bogs where the temperature specific acidity and oxygen-poor conditions are present, which allow for the mummification of the body’s soft tissue. Because of these narrow conditions under which Bog Body Mummification can successfully take place, the number of specimens remains very small. Because of this it is even more important that Bog Bodies are handled with …show more content…
Methods:
Existing literature will be consulted to review both past and present preservation procedures. Past methods will be reviewed to determine the pros and cons followed by current and propose
After as much as 4,000 years the Bog Bodies of Ireland, Britain and Denmark provide a rare window into the people of the past. After nature has preserved their bodies so well over those thousands of years it should be of prime importance to preserve them at least as well into the future. After being unearthed most Bog Bodies were either left to dry out or put in some type of liquid preservative such as formaldehyde neither of which is optimum. The discovery of new Bog Bodies is becoming a rare which makes preservation even more of an imperative. The goal is to determine the optimum preservation process that is documented well enough so that new and existing Bog Bodies are treated right from the moment they are dug …show more content…
Of these around a quarter of these make up the mummified bog bodies such as the woman from Huldremose, Grauballe Man and Tollund Man that are preserved to the point part of the body like skin, hair, stomach contents and even brain are preserved. It is only in raised bogs where the temperature specific acidity and oxygen-poor conditions are present, which allow for the mummification of the body’s soft tissue. Because of these narrow conditions under which Bog Body Mummification can successfully take place, the number of specimens remains very small. Because of this it is even more important that Bog Bodies are handled with …show more content…
Methods:
Existing literature will be consulted to review both past and present preservation procedures. Past methods will be reviewed to determine the pros and cons followed by current and propose