The Lindow Man ( Officially Lindow IIi )

The passage became ever more sloping as he advanced. His body was inclined at a sickening angle. Strange streaks of blackness seemed to cross his vision, as he half fell, half slid the few feet which yet remained to be traversed. Orloff’s head crashed into something hard, which half stunned him. A moment later he opened his eyes, and saw before him a heavily barred iron grating, and – a skeleton.

4) “He was a slim, dead, almost dainty young man of about twenty. He lay one leg bent beneath him, his jaw in his throat, his face neither expressive nor inexpressive. One eye was shut. The other was a star-shaped hole” (O’Brien 124).

Kennewick Man was found on July 28, 1996 below Lake Wallula, a section of the Columbia River, in Washington. As the owners of the land, the US Army Corps of Engineers (COE) had initial control of the remains. In early inspections Kennewick man was thought to be an early European settler because of the

Since the discovery of the first bog body known as Amcotts Moor Woman who was discovered in 1747 in England, bog bodies have been a main source of what is considered vital information for restructuring our past. They have allowed humans to explore the past and our heritage and have helped them to acquire a further understanding of how we, as a human race, have developed. A great example of the knowledge that bog bodies have provided us is Tollund Man. Tollund Man who was found in Denmark is one of the most famous examples of bog bodies, he has helped us to extend the small snapshots we have of the past. Bog bodies as a collective are also revealing information about the individual bodies themselves and the lifestyles they led. This primary evidence aids our modern understanding of our historical past.

In 1996 in the Columbia River Valley a pair of teenagers came across a skeletal by the river. These remains belonged to the Kennewick Man who died 9,000 years ago. The skeleton of the Kennewick man is one of the most complete skeletons discovered from that era with over three-hundred bones. The skeleton sparked controversy with Native American tribes claiming him as their ancestor who should be properly reburied. The opposing side would be the scientists claiming he is of polynesian descent, meaning his remains should be kept in a museum. Forensic anthropologists analyzed the skeletal for signs of his descent. By the use of forensic anthropology the bones were examined for wounds that would show his life style, his facial structure, and signs of his diet which all gave evidence of him being of polynesian descent. (Achenbach, 2014)

This paper is also a narrative of a man named Charles Byrne with unusual height (7ft 7in), lived in Ireland during 1793. He suffered from gigantism (familial pituitary adenoma), made a living showing of his height but worried about he would be subjected to medical experiment after his death. Hence, he had specific instructions that his body should be weighted down and buried in the sea. Another player in this paper was Dr. John Hunter, respectable member of the society, a surgeon and the founder of pathological anatomy in England who retrieved the body

One lamp shone dimly in the next room, and Jervis followed. There was Uncle Nelson sitting in the recliner. The man was yellow, like a lightbulb glowing neon. His eyes were closed, and Jervis stood over him as he slept, or more likely had nodded off. The man smelled of old sweat, like Jervis’s own dad. He put the knife up to Nelson’s neck, and the man didn’t flinch. A permanent snore rustled though his nose. His flesh hung saggy at his neck, like a turkey, waggling

The peat fields of northwestern Europe are nothing particularly exciting on first inspection. Appearing as empty field, though sometimes lined with strange brown blocks stacked or piled. These blocks are pieces of peat carved from the ground used as a traditional source of energy. However, these peat blocks are perhaps slightly less interesting than the other commodity the peat bogs have to offer; incredibly well preserved mummies or bog bodies. The peat bogs provide the perfect combination of sphagnum moss and a lack of oxygen allow for the preservations of bodies from as far back as 8000 BCE. Some are only skeletons, but many of the more famous bog bodies are incredibly well preserved. Many bodies found are from the Iron Age and provide valuable information on an era that lacks written records. These mummies are significant as they offer a view into the lives of man thousands of years in the past. They provide evidence in to previously misunderstood events and people. They allow for a first person postmortem accounts of peoples lives, cultures and deaths. Through new scientific methods bodies discovered centuries can be reexamined and allowing archaeologist and anthropologist to fill in the gaps and tell these peoples full stories.

In the 1920s Raymond Dart, then a young anatomy professor in Johannesburg South Africa began his research in archaeology. It is important to remember that the prevailing theory of the day was the Piltdown discovery, later revealed to be a hoax, was accepted as The Missing Link between apes and humans. In 1912 Charles Dawson and Alfred Smith Woodward presented Piltdown Man to the UK Geographical Society. The findings were from an excavation site in Piltdown, Sussex, England. The discovery marked the first significant evidence of early humans in the British Isles. Piltdown Man more easily conformed to the Eurocentric thinking of the time rather than the Afrocentric theories of evolution that Dart and his successors would prove.

A team of scientists have discovered the remains of a human-like species whose existence was not known until now. They are estimated to be around 3 million years old and to have existed right before Homo erectus, in the chain of human evolution. The name of this new species is Homo Naledi. The interesting part about this discovery, besides the fact that we completely ignored their existence, is that they were found in burial chambers, which might indicate some sort of ritual behavior.

Once again Conan the Cimmerian embarks upon another adventure. This time the setting takes place in the Barachan island. Conan's boat as leaking, and as luck will have, he was able to swim to the Wastrel. The captain Zaporavo begrudgingly allows him to stay on board as a crew member. They all head off on a treasure hunt; the captain his girlfriend Sancha, Conan and the crew. Once they reached their destination, Conan stalked and murdered the captain while nobody was around. At the same time, Sancha and the crew were abducted by the black humanoids with glowing eyes and claws. So Conan set out to search for the missing crew. Several of the crew were killed but Conan was able to save the remaining crew along with Sancha by killing the black humanoids.

First, the point that the fine lines were formed after the animal's death and were skin fibers. The lecturer casts doubt on this point, by saying that there was evidence in other animals that shown that the skin was well preserved, even if the animal was buried in volcanic ash. She states that even the decomposition of skin cannot be able to see in fossils. Thus, this claim challenges the point of the reading that the lines are skin decomposed into fibers.

Dan Murphy a 55 year old archaeologist was stuck on his roof like a fly in a spider Webb. Dan felt scared, anxious and nervous about what could possibly happen next. He could feel the cold, murky water splashing up onto him. He could see the next wave coming and hoping it doesn’t sweep him away

In Hanson’s’ “Woman Eating”, we see a woman (made out of polyester resin and fiberglass) sitting at a table in a chair, with food and a magazine on the table. The woman’s mouth is slightly open, and her hand has a spoon in it that is lifting towards her mouth, creating a sense of predictability and movement. The artist uses the shape of the human body by casting parts of other people’s bodies and then puts the parts together and makes almost the same human. Using polyester resins and different oils and paints, Duane carefully recreates the human body and then dresses them up and places them in a scenario. Duane also intricately attaches hair to his works, including facial hair and arm and leg

As I plastered the butcher paper cut-out onto the canvas face with gesso, the edges began to smear and blur. Immediately, I had to consider what that meant for my body. The drawing Jeff did of my figure was inaccurate. I looked thinner in the calves and rounder at the head. Wondering what it might be like to do the whole thing again, I mused, could I ever be happy with a butcher paper drawing of myself? Probably not. Since I was about eleven or twelve years old I have been somewhere between mildly and frighteningly discontented with my physical self. My lips were never full enough, my waist not tight enough, there was always something needing editing about my figure and face. So why did I expect that my feelings about a butcher