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The lede is buried here: The study indicates that the primary sources of materials for bog body garments were domesticated animals, not the skins of wild anima
by jonahx 10y ago
The lede is buried here:
The study indicates that the primary sources of materials for bog body garments were domesticated animals, not the skins of wild animals slain in the hunt, correcting a misconception about Iron Age Germanic peoples that has lingered since Tacitus who wrote in Germania that they “wear the skins of wild beasts.”