Damendorf Man

Damendorf Man is a German bog body discovered in 1900^[1] in the See Moor at the village of Damendorf in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.

Display and examination

The Damendorf Man is well known for being flattened by the peat bog he was found in.

The remains are on display at the Archäologisches Landesmuseum. Professor P.V. Glob wrote that the man died in 300 BCE. What is unique about this bog body is that the weight of the peat in the bog had flattened his body.^[2] Only his hair, skin, nails, and a few clothes were preserved, along with traces of some bones.^[2][3] He was found with a leather belt, shoes, parts of a pair of woollen breeches, and a pair of woollen puttees.^[4]

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  Single parts of the breeches
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  Tablet wefts on the breeches cloth
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  Puttees
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  Shoes

Other finds

Prior to the discovery of the Damendorf Man, the remains of what are believed to be a woman were found in the same bog in 1884. Only the clothing of the corpse remains. Another body, that of a girl dating to 810 BCE, was discovered in 1934.^[5]

See also

• List of bog bodies