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We
present the results of CAT-scanning and subsequent computer
based 3-D visualisations of two of the best preserved bog
bodies ever found: the Grauballe man and the Tollund man.
Both bog bodies date to the early Iron Age, ca. 200 BC, and
where found in Jutland, Denmark in the 1950´s.
Our analyses focused on obtaining complete documentation of
the state of preservation, as well as gaining new data for
forensic medical interpretation of cause and manner of death.
The computer visualisations also served as basis for craniofacial
reconstruction by way of stereolithography. We find that CAT-scanning
and 3-D visualisation is an excellent technology to these
ends. We will present this technology and samples of the 3D
visualisations, as well as a discussion of the results.
Key words: CAT-scan, 3-D, bog body, documentation, physical
anthropology
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