Editing Tollund Man (section)

==Discovery==
[[File:Tollundmanden DO-10895 original.jpg|thumb|The remains of the Tollund Man shortly after his discovery in 1950]]

On 8 May 1950, [[peat]] cutters Viggo and Emil Hojgaard discovered a corpse in the peat layer of the Bjældskovdal peat bog, {{cvt|12|km|1}} west of [[Silkeborg]], [[Denmark]],<ref name="lib">{{Cite web |url=http://www.tollundman.dk/et-lig-dukker-op.asp |title=A Body Appears |work=The Tollund Man – A Face from Prehistoric Denmark |access-date=22 September 2007 |publisher=Silkeborg Public Library |year=2004 |author1=Silkeborg Public Library |author2=Silkeborg Museum |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131209034959/http://tollundman.dk/et-lig-dukker-op.asp |archive-date=9 December 2013 |url-status=dead}}</ref> which was so well preserved that they at first believed they had discovered a recent murder victim.

The Tollund Man lay {{cvt|60|m}} away from firm ground, buried under {{cvt|2.3|m}} of peat, his body arranged in a [[fetal position]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.museumsilkeborg.dk/the-discovery-of-tollund-man |title=The discovery of Tollund Man |publisher=Museum Silkeborg |access-date=16 February 2021 |archive-date=28 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201128162723/http://www.museumsilkeborg.dk/the-discovery-of-tollund-man |url-status=live }}</ref> He wore a pointed skin cap of [[sheepskin]] and [[wool]], fastened under his chin by a [[Rawhide (textile)|hide]] thong, and a smooth hide belt around his waist. Additionally, a [[noose]] made of [[braid|plait]]ed animal hide was drawn tight around his neck and trailed down his back.<ref name="bog"/> Other than these, the body was naked. His hair was cropped so short as to be almost entirely hidden by his cap. There was short stubble ({{cvt|1|mm|disp=sqbr}} in length) on his chin and upper lip, suggesting that he was usually clean-shaven, but had not shaved on the day of his death.<ref name="hair">{{Cite web |url=http://www.tollundman.dk/haar.asp |title=The Tollund Man: Hair and beard |access-date=10 October 2009 |publisher=Silkeborg Public Library |year=2004 |author1=Silkeborg Public Library |author2=Silkeborg Museum |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120501002848/http://www.tollundman.dk/haar.asp |archive-date=1 May 2012 |url-status=dead}}</ref> The Tollund Man was approximately 40 years old. The Tollund Man's last meal consisted of a porridge with barley, flax, wild weed seeds, and some fish.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Nielsen |first1=Nina H. |last2=Henriksen |first2=Peter Steen |last3=Mortensen |first3=Morten Fischer |last4=Enevold |first4=Renée |last5=Mortensen |first5=Martin N. |last6=Scavenius |first6=Carsten |last7=Enghild |first7=Jan J. |name-list-style=and |date=2021 |title=The last meal of Tollund Man: new analyses of his gut content |url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/antiquity/article/abs/last-meal-of-tollund-man-new-analyses-of-his-gut-content/E79FB52BAEF8B59BE2280F182C76DEBF |journal=Antiquity |language=en |volume=95 |issue=383 |pages=1195–1212 |doi=10.15184/aqy.2021.98 |issn=0003-598X |s2cid=238030730}}</ref>