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Windeby I is the name given to the bog body found preserved in a peat bog near Windeby, Northern Germany, in 1952. Until recently, the body was also called the Windeby Girl, since an archeologist believed it to be the body of a 14-year-old girl, because of its slight build. Prof. Heather Gill-Robinson, a Canadian anthropologist and pathologist, used DNA testing to show the body was actually that of a sixteen-year-old boy. [1] The body has been radiocarbon-dated to between 41 BC and 118 AD. [2]
It was thought by P.V. Glob that the body had met with a violent death (The Bog People, Glob, 1969, p114), but research by Dr. Heather Gill-Robinson has led to this theory being disputed. [3] Jarrett A. Lobell and Samir S. Patel wrote that the body 'shows no signs of trauma, and evidence from the skeleton suggests [she] may have died from repeated bouts of illness or malnutrition.' [4]
( BCE/CE dates given are radiocarbon dates.)
54°27′05″N 9°49′33″E / 54.45139°N 9.82583°E [5]
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Windeby I is the name given to the bog body found preserved in a peat bog near Windeby, Northern Germany, in 1952. Until recently, the body was also called the Windeby Girl, since an archeologist believed it to be the body of a 14-year-old girl, because of its slight build. Prof. Heather Gill-Robinson, a Canadian anthropologist and pathologist, used DNA testing to show the body was actually that of a sixteen-year-old boy. [1] The body has been radiocarbon-dated to between 41 BC and 118 AD. [2]
It was thought by P.V. Glob that the body had met with a violent death (The Bog People, Glob, 1969, p114), but research by Dr. Heather Gill-Robinson has led to this theory being disputed. [3] Jarrett A. Lobell and Samir S. Patel wrote that the body 'shows no signs of trauma, and evidence from the skeleton suggests [she] may have died from repeated bouts of illness or malnutrition.' [4]
( BCE/CE dates given are radiocarbon dates.)
54°27′05″N 9°49′33″E / 54.45139°N 9.82583°E [5]
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