Having thought a little more, the body would likely stay pickled in perpetuity as long as conditions are stable. I do not know what these thresholds are for bodies, though.
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webghost0101@sopuli.xyz 4 months ago
How long would a pickled body stay identifiable?
fossilesque@mander.xyz 4 months ago
fossilesque@mander.xyz 4 months ago
Good question. Will ask my boss.
I’ve met this one, well pressed my face against his glass for a good hour or two. He’s from 300 BC or so. He still has his eyelashes.
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webghost0101@sopuli.xyz 4 months ago
Wow, what the heck this looks better preserved than most mummies i ever saw.
Was this a natural accidental pickle process or an intentional practice?
I want to be pickled after death now.
fossilesque@mander.xyz 4 months ago
Natural, he was possibly sacrificed, maybe murdered. Either way, an unpleasant time.
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tollund_Man
This is a great read, don’t be intimidated. It’s by one of the Time Team guys.
…bham.ac.uk/…/Chapman_et_al_Towards_an_archeaolog…
Taako_Tuesday@lemmy.ca 4 months ago
I’m sure it was accidental at first, but eventually they found out bogs were great at preserving things. There are plenty of records of people putting food in bogs to preserve them.
Cort@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Didn’t someone find perfectly good butter in a bog from a few hundred years ago?
fossilesque@mander.xyz 4 months ago
More on preservation in bogs here:
nytimes.com/…/archaeology-britain-must-farm.html
edition.cnn.com/2024/03/20/europe/…/index.html
The full site report can be found here, lots of pics. Scroll to bottom for pdfs.
www.arch.cam.ac.uk/news/must-farm-volumes
AThing4String@sh.itjust.works 4 months ago
I was reading the wiki for Tollund man yesterday, and I believe they actually took a fingerprint from him.
That’s pretty identifiable, I think
SanndyTheManndy@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Who is he and where can I learn more
theatomictruth@lemmy.world 4 months ago
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tollund_Man
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bog_body
fossilesque@mander.xyz 4 months ago
Check out the article I linked above too.