Elling Woman | |
|---|---|
 Upper body of the Elling Woman | |
| Born | 375–175 BCE |
| Died | 350–150 BCE (aged 25) (approximate) |
| Cause of death | Hanging (presumably ritual sacrifice) |
| Body discovered | 1938 Silkeborg, Denmark |
The Elling Woman is a bog body discovered in 1938 west of Silkeborg, Denmark. The Tollund Man was later discovered just c. 60 m (200 ft) away, twelve years after the Elling Woman's discovery.[1] The Elling Woman was mistakenly described as a man in P. V. Glob's book The Bog People, when it was published in 1965.[2]
- ^ Archaeological Institute of America: Violence in the Bogs. Archaeology.org. Retrieved on 15 September 2011.
- ^ Glob, Peter V. The Bog People: Iron-Age Man Preserved, Trans. Rupert Bruce-Mitford. Ithaca, New York: Faber and Faber Limited, 1969. Print.