Grauballe Man Essay

When we think of prehistoric things they may think of things of the past, but with the breakthrough unearthing of the Kennewick Man transformed peoples thought of prehistoric existences. The Kennewick Man or “The Ancient Man” is the name given to the skeletal remains of a man found in Kennewick, Washington on July 28,1996. A pair of bystanders accidentally found the skeleton remains of the Kennewick Man. With the discovery it has brought up many disagreements about what to do with the Kennewick man. The question now is who is really responsible for the remains of the Kennewick Man.

The body later was identified as Juan Antonio Guerra-Torres. Sheriff Deputies discovered that his body had been shot several times and then his head was decapitated and his limbs had been dismembered and that it appeared that this all appeared as post-mortem.

To discover Mungo Mans exact time of existence scientists took DNA from his bones and the results showed that his remains were over 40 thousand years old. The research also shows that Mungo Man would have been approximately 50 years old when he died. The research also shows that Mungo Man had arthritis throughout his body especially in his right elbow. I believe that Mungo Man’s death was very important to the tribe he was living in because he was found with ochre on him which shows importance. I believe his death was also important because he was buried by his tribe with his arms crossed and painted with ochre. I believe he may have been one of the most respected members of the tribe and based on evidence this is one of the earliest known burials discovered which also shows the high respect and importance of Mungo

In her book, “A Man Without Words,” Susan Schaller describes how the eighteenth century French philosophers continually exercised speculation as to how much of human nature was "given" and native, and how much was dependent on language and culture. She encountered Ildefonso, a Mexican Indian who lived in the most unique form of isolation, who was born deaf, and had never been taught even the most basic language. She set herself the challenge to make contact with this man, and introduce him to language. Ildefonso not only lacked any language but lacked any idea of language: he had no conception, at first, of what Schaller was trying to do, yet Ildefonso had a yearning to

Though the intensive study of the body and the possessions found with it; various aspects (i.e. diet, appearance, weapons, clothing, cultural practices and rituals) of the time in which Ötzi lived can be uncovered and furthermore understood. The Iceman Ötzi provides us with an exceptional insight into appearance and lifestyle of a Copper Age man living in the Alps over 5,000 years ago.

Aristotle starts off in his essay explaining the definitions of Good, Primacy of Statecraft and the study of Ethics. He defines good as where all things are to be aimed, for example health. He then defines Statecraft as citizens of a state, a country, and of the world need to do good for their own good but more importantly for the good of the state. He also characterizes various types of good. Finally, the definition on study of Ethics. This talks about the pure excellence of justice that involves the disagreements and agreements of uncertainty and certainty. Aristotle also talks about happiness and where a certain

Denmark is a country located in Europe with the capital being Copenhagen. It is comprised of land located on the peninsula known as Jutland, as well as several islands and hundreds of even smaller Islands, all of which are located east of Jutland in the Baltic Sea. Denmark shares its southern border with Germany, while Norway and Sweden are located to the north and east respectively. In addition to the mainland, Greenland and the Faroe Islands are territories of Denmark. However, they exercise home rule and govern themselves.

Scientists from the University of Melbourne led a group of scientists from a number of universities in Australia who had then come to a new agreement that claimed that Mungo Man was 40,000 years old. The new age, 40,000 years, is a perfect match with the stratigraphic5 evidence and the 4 types of dating methods that were put forward from many scientists.

Archaeology is the study of the ancient past, through the recovery and analysis of material culture. During the development of archaeology, various different kinds of scientific techniques have been established to aid in archaeological investigation. Recent archaeological techniques and processes such as Scanning Electron Microscopy, Electron Spin Resonance (ESR) and Radiocarbon Dating are utilised to help better understand a civilisation, specifically the site of Lindow Man. These modern methods have supported in recognizing Lindow Man’s identity and important information regarding his death such as his appearance, his stomach content, what he had eaten prior death and his age. This information has since helped lead scientists to believe in

“Cave burial was one of the most common ways to put a body to rest. Placement of the bodies were in lava tubes, rock shelters, or hitches that contained several bodies inside. Burying the deceased in sand dunes or in earth was another common but preferred method. Majority of the sand dunes in Hawaii have some kind of history with burial” (Kirch 240). Apart from buried in the earth, surface burials they had also conducted included cremation, which was performed by burning the corpse over a fire until the bones had charred into ash. “When referring to sea burials, bodies of fishermen would be wrapped in red cloth, then put in the ocean to be eaten by sharks. It was believed that the essence of the fisherman would inhabit the shark’s body” (Redmond 4).

Mr. Meares, few liked this man, as he was a perfect example of a peasant; no wonder one would have killed him… but who? The remains of the “man” was taken to be analyzed: scanned for fingerprints, and have an autopsy conducted. As for the scene, blood scattered all over, and bloody newspaper scattered around.

A bog body is classified as a human corpse that over a long course of time has been naturally mummified in a peat bog. A peat bog is a swamp that collects peat, which is dead plant material, often moss. In the peat bog when a body is mummified they are often known as bog people. These bodies are crucial to our understanding of the past for what they reveal.

Tollund Man is a 2400-year-old naturally mummified body that was discovered in 1950 in a danish bog. Tollund Man was most likely a low- class slave from the Iron Age, who was killed as a result of being hung by a rope noose, because he believed in another god than his community, which suggested he was rebelling against his own community.

Christopher R. Browning’s “Ordinary Men” chronicles the rise and fall of the Reserve Police Battalion 101. The battalion was one of several units that took part in the Final Solution to the Jewish Question while in Poland. The men of Reserve Police Battalion 101, and other units were comprised of ordinary men, from ordinary backgrounds living under the Third Reich. Browning’s premise for the book is very unique, instead of focusing on number of victims, it examines the mindset of how ordinary men, became cold-hearted killers under Nazi Germany during World War II. Christopher Browning’s “Ordinary Men” presents a very strong case that the men who made up the Reserve Police Battalion 101 were indeed ordinary men from ordinary background, and

Kennewick Man has been an ongoing controversy among the archaeologists and Native American communities. Scientists believe that the studying of Kennewick Man is crucial to understanding the earliest of human history on the American continent, as he provides a rare opportunity to look at well preserved, mostly intact, ancient American remains. They feel that repatriation should not occur until they are able to study the skeleton enough to identify which cultural group he belongs to. Native American communities disagree, as they feel that scientists and the public disregard and disrespect the value of their religious beliefs. However, remains should not be repatriated to a Native group of it is unclear what group they belong to. Archaeologists