Bone trove in Denmark tells story of 'Barbarian' battle

The Local ^ | Tuesday, May 22, 2018 | AFP

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Thousands of bones from boys and men likely killed in a ferocious battle 2,000 years ago have been unearthed from a bog in Denmark, researchers said Monday. Without local written records to explain, or a battlefield to scour for evidence, experts are nevertheless piecing together a story... Four pelvic bones strung on a stick were among the remains of at least 82 people found during archaeological excavations at Alken Enge in Jutland... The more than 2,300 human bones were contained in peat and lake sediments over 185 acres (75 hectares) of wetland meadows. Radiocarbon-dating put them between 2 BC and 54 AD. In this era, ...around 7 AD, the Romans suffered a massive loss in which tens of thousands of warriors [sic] were killed... "What they do in the succeeding decades is have these military raids in Germania, basically to punish the barbarians for this huge defeat," said Løvschal. "What we actually think we are seeing here could be the remains of one of those punitive campaigns." ... Archaeologists could also see another telling change in the landscape after the battle.,, [from] a pastoral area... into a densely forested landscape for the next 800 years, said Løvschal... "There was a large-scale trauma to the community."

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Bracelet for the victorious giant who led the attack?

[Western Phil]

Several iron smelting furnaces, blacksmith forceps, hand- made ceramics and plenty of iron slag were uncovered at the site.

The Vikings smelted iron to make nails to hold their boats/ships together.

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Thanks Western Phil. They weren't going anywhere during Roman times.

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• An Army Sacrificed in a Bog [ Alken, Denmark, 2K ago ]