The 'bog bodies' of north-western Europe have captured the imagination of poets as much
as archaeologists, confronting us with human remains where time has stopped–allowing us …

This article seeks to approach the famous tenth-century account of the burial of a chieftain of
the Rus, narrated by the Arab traveller Ibn Fadlan, in a new light. Placing focus on how …

This keynote discusses how human-animal relationships can be studied as entanglements
to understand more of the situatedness of human and animal bodies and lives. It provides a …

To date, traditional narratives of the Late Iron Age have focused almost exclusively on
discussions of the elite. These were the martial rulers and major landholders who occupied …

This paper proposes a multi-disciplinary approach which can be used to identify captives
and the enslaved of Iron Age Britain (seventh century bc–ad first century). It uses a 'poetics …

Most often, and traditionally, sacrifice is seen as being used in communication with the
divine. 1 The practice of sacrifice may be a way of relating to the spirits of particular parts of …

This paper publishes an assemblage of human-and animal remains from Starene, a wetland
site in Hedmark, south-east Norway, dating to the early and late Iron Age. The site is situated …

Front cover: Skidendam (lit.'shit pond'in Danish) bog in Teglstrup Hegn forest west of
Helsingør, north Zealand, Denmark. Skidendam is one of just a handful of untouched raised …

This paper deals with the deposition of artefact and bodily remains in watery places, such as
lakes, rivers and bogs. The research draws on critical feminist posthumanist theory and …

DISCUSSION Over the last couple of decades, archaeologists interested in studies of
ritualized violence have continued to debate the possibility, extent, and possible evidence …