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Title: NOVA: The Perfect Corpse
Url: https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/bog/
Publisher: Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.)
WGBH Educational Foundation
Description: Most have heard of "bog bodies", those well-preserved corpses found in the bogs of northwestern Europe, but few are aware that North America has peat bogs with their own well-preserved remains of ancient people. This website is designed to complement the NOVA program and provides articles, slideshows and interactive exercises. Visitors to the site should start with the article "America's Bog People" by Peter Tyson. Here, readers will receive a thorough introduction to "America's premier bog-body site" including details about the recovered bodies and their lifestyle 8,000 years ago. After getting acquainted, visitors can view a slideshow, view other bog sites across Europe, and meet the most famous and well- studied bog body of all "Tollund Man". As a special treat, visitors can also listen to Nobel laureate Seamus Heaney recite his poem dedicated to this remarkable find.
LC Classification: Auxiliary sciences of history -- Archaeology -- Philosophy. Theory -- Methodology -- Remains of special materials, A-Z -- Human remains
Auxiliary sciences of history -- Archaeology -- Preservation, restoration, and conservation of antiquities. Antiquities and state
Science -- Natural history. Biology -- Biology (General) -- Ecology -- By type of environment, A-Z -- Bogs
GEM Subject: Science -- Biological and life sciences
Social studies -- Anthropology
Resource Type: Collection
Reference Material
Instructional Material -- Interactive Simulation
Format: Document -- HTML
Audience: Educator
Learner
Education Level: High School
Higher Education
Higher Education -- Undergraduate (Lower Division)
Higher Education -- Undergraduate (Upper Division)
Higher Education -- Technical Education (Upper Division)
Higher Education -- Technical Education (Lower Division)
Vocational/Professional Development Education
Language: English
Access Rights: Free access
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