Damendorf Man

The ladies' man village (also Damendorf 1900) is a Roman Iron Age bog body that was found in 1900 during peat cutting in Seemoor in women's village in Schleswig- Holstein Rendsburg- Eckernförde. The clothes and the skin envelope of the man are beautifully preserved and are in the permanent collection of the National Archaeological Museum Gottorp Castle in Schleswig.

Locality

The Seemoor has an area of ​​23 hectares, is located about 200 meters east of the community Damendorf and about 1500 meters northwest of Gross Wittensee in the landscape Hüttener mountains. In the bog peat as fuel in the past. Today it is a wetland with a largely unspoiled land that is designated as a nature experience space and accessible with about 2.5 kilometer loop trail. 54 ° 25 ' 22 " N, 9 ° 44 ' 35" O54.42279.743114Koordinaten: 54 ° 25 ' 22 " N, 9 ° 44' 35" E

Further finds

In nearby Ruchmoor at Damendorf total of three human bodies were found. In 1884 and 1947, the remains of bodies and clothes, but they are no longer obtain. In addition, in 1934 the skull and some bones of an approximately 14 - year-old girl, as well as clothing remnants, some piles, stones and a leather tank found that were dated to the Bronze Age.

Discovery

On May 28, 1900 came two peat workers on the plot of the Ladies Strand innkeeper Hagge of peat cutting in about 2.5 to three meters deep on the remains of unending garments, and upon further digging they came upon the body of a man. The workers reported their find to the Ladies Strand community leaders Sye, who passed the Fund message to the District Administrator Baron of the stretch. The District telegraphed the Fund message immediately to the patriotic antiquities museum in Kiel, after which the museum curator Dr. Splieth and of the stretching after Damendorf traveled to investigate the discovery and secure. The Fund was purchased the owner of the bog parcel Hagge, carefully packed and arrived on June 1 in a museum, and then the first conservation measures were initiated.

Preservation

First, the top of the body was mechanically released from plant roots, which were partially penetrated the skin. Then the body was washed with a solution of 0.1 % sublimate and alcohol to prevent a mold infestation. In order for the body she was not too strong shrinks in the subsequent drying soaked in glycerine and turpentine. Finally, the body was completely dried for several weeks under drafts.

Findings

Within the skin envelope of the man were preserved skeletal parts, including parts of the basin, remnants of brain tissue and intestines. His reddish discolored by the bog acids hair was at the sides about 15 cm long, but the front shortened to about 2 cm. In the hair is unusually high concentrations were found to mercury and lead, which suggested that the man has processed his lifetime metals such as gold or silver, outgas from their melts these heavy metals. Cause of death was probably a still clearly recognizable puncture in the heart area, probably a knife stab wound. Through a study of 14C - ladies' man village in the Roman Empire, 135-335 AD could be precisely dated.