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=Case Study - Ancient Human Remains Weerdinge Men =

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Anna-  Weerdinge Men   =====  The bodies of the two men were found in Drenthe, Netherlands in the southern part of Bourtanger Moor in 1904. By a peatcutter named Hilbrand Gringhuis. Well, they look very dead. The bodies were found together so scientists assumed that they were a couple (man and woman) but recent studies have shown that they are actually two men. They were found naked. The more intact Weerdinge man had a large wound on his chest, through which his intestines spilled out. Both they're heads were mostly missing.
 * When, where, how was the body found? **
 * What do they look like today? **

The two most probable interpretations are that: (1) If he had been sacrificed ( the more intact male), he may have been disemboweled so that the presiding priest(ess) could read his entrails as a form of divination. (2) He was disemboweled in battle and then buried with his partner (also killed in battle or sacrificed to accompany the slain hero). The death of the second body is still not known.
 * How did they die? **

The chemicals found in the bogs in northern europe have preserved the bodies.
 * How were the bodies preserved? **

The Van Der Peats: Joan and Darby or John and Darby? 2002.Retrieved:March 6, 2009, from http://connellodonovan.com/weerdingemen.html
 * Bibliography- **

Deem, M, James 1988, Mummy Tombs.Retrieved: March 7, 2009, from http://www.mummytombs.com/museums/nl.assen.drents.weerdinge.htm

Absolute Astronomy 2009.Retrieved: March 10, 2009, from http://www.absoluteastronomy.com/topics/Weerdinge_Men

Other sources are from my own knowledge as well as other websites which provided less information than the three listed above.

The first source listed was very helpful as it gave me great information and was straight to the point it also referenced to Strabo and Tacitus which makes the information well sourced and more reliable. But I felt that the website was biased because it was done by homosexuals and mainly focused on homosexuality during the Iron Age which wasn't really what I was looking for. I liked that the site gave different possibilities of deaths rather than just one. This website was probably the most helpful to me.

The second source listed was very helpful because it had straight to the point material and is a website for students which made the information accurate. The website was useful to a point. Because the Weerdinge Men don't have much information the website lacked some of the information I really needed such as scientific methods used on the bodies. It also didn't have the time they died. This website was my starter website because I got all of my information to start me off off this website. But overall the two websites were very accurate.