3. We have breaking news. A body has been found in a swamp. Police are baffled. The Police need your help to solve this mystery.

4. Aim; to investigate what happened to the Tollund Man To do this you will need to: Know why and how he might have been killed Use evidence to back up your argument Evaluate the evidence you have used to judge their reliability Come up with your own conclusion The Tollund Man

5. Paragraph 1: Tollund Man Where was Tollund Man found? How old is Tollun Man how do we know this? How do we know Tollund man was healthy and did not die of old age, or a normal death? Paragraph 1: Tollund Man Where was Tollund Man found? How old is Tollun Man how do we know this? How do we know Tollund man was healthy and did not die of old age, or a normal death? Paragraph 2: A sacrifice What is a sacrifice? What evidence is there to suggest he was a sacrifice? How strong is the evidence? Paragraph 2: A sacrifice What is a sacrifice? What evidence is there to suggest he was a sacrifice? How strong is the evidence? Paragraph 3: Punishment How might he have been punished? Why might he have been punished? How strong is the evidence? Paragraph 3: Punishment How might he have been punished? Why might he have been punished? How strong is the evidence? Paragraph 4: Conclusion What do you think happened? Try to link evidence together Paragraph 4: Conclusion What do you think happened? Try to link evidence together My essay plan: What killed Tollund Man My essay plan: What killed Tollund Man

6. Paragraph 1: Tollund Man Tollund man was found Tollund man died a very long time ago, it could be as long as years ago. We know this because We know that Tollund was fit, you and healthy when he died because We also know his death was not normal because when normal people died in those days they used to Paragraph 1: Tollund Man Tollund man was found Tollund man died a very long time ago, it could be as long as years ago. We know this because We know that Tollund was fit, you and healthy when he died because We also know his death was not normal because when normal people died in those days they used to Paragraph 2: A sacrifice A sacrifice is when There is evidence that he was a sacrifice such as This evidence is very trustworthy/untrustworthy because Paragraph 2: A sacrifice A sacrifice is when There is evidence that he was a sacrifice such as This evidence is very trustworthy/untrustworthy because Paragraph 3: Punishment Tollund man might have been punished his death could have involved He might have been punished because This evidence is very trustworthy/untrustworthy because Paragraph 3: Punishment Tollund man might have been punished his death could have involved He might have been punished because This evidence is very trustworthy/untrustworthy because Paragraph 4: Conclusion I think that what really happened was Paragraph 4: Conclusion I think that what really happened was What killed Tollund Man?

7. When did he die?How we know this?What might have killed him? Why do we know it was not old age/natural causes? Why might he have been killed?Evidence to support thisDo you agree or disagree with this? A sacrifice A punishment What do I think happened to Tollund Man? Can you link factors together and tell the story of his death?

9. The Tollund Man This body was found in a peat bog on Tollund Fen in Denmark in May 1950. Two men were digging peat for burning. As they worked they suddenly saw in the peat layer a face so fresh they thought they had come across a recent murder. They called the police. The men carefully removed the peat from the body till more of him could be seen. The man lay on his right side as if he was asleep. He wore no clothes, except for a pointed skin cap and a smooth hide belt. His hair was cut short. Round the neck was a rope noose and an iron neck ring. It was drawn tight around his neck and throat.

10. At the National Museum of Denmark, a small sample was taken from the Tollund Man's body and used as the basis for the readings. The datings reveal that he must have died 4-300 years B.C. In other words immediately after the end of the Bronze Age in Denmark.

12. Police Scientific Report The heart and lungs were healthy when he died. The man had eaten a soup 12 hours before he died. The soup was made up of seeds from Spring. Plants trapped with his body have been found. They are 2000 years old.

13. The Tollund Man's last meal.

14. ACTIVITY! Use the evidence packs and work as a table to fill in your evidence sheets deciding how he died – a)Was it SACRIFICE? b)Was it PUNISHMENT?

16. When people died their bodies would normally be cremated (burned). Iron age people buried their dead with neck rings as an offering to the Spring Goddess. Only people who were sacrificed were buried.The German tribes used to sacrifice slaves to the Goddess of Spring. Investigations of his stomach found he had eaten a soup or gruel about 12 hours before he died. Scientists believe he might have been hanged. The soup was made up of lots of seeds from Spring time. Tollund Man was carefully placed in the Bog grave. His eyes and mouth were closed in a respectful way. “The German Tribes hang traitors from tree and drown cowards under piles of sticks in swamps”. Tacitus (a Roman Historian writing in 97 AD – about 400 years after Tollund Man died) “I think that Tollund Man was a sacrifice to thank a god in return for the peat that was dug from the god's bog.” Christian Fischer, Silkeborg Museum, Denmark, 2014 Peat was very important for people in the Iron Age. It was dug from boggy areas for fuel. Scientists think Tollund Man’s death was not violent. His hands were not tied and he had no injuries. “The German Tribes worshipped the Goddess of Spring. Every Spring a cart carried a statue of the Goddess in a special procession. Afterwards slaves were sacrificed.” Prof. Hilton, University of Oxford 1985. Tollund man was healthy. His teeth and organs were in good condition.

18. Information update Iron age people buried their dead with neck rings as an offering to the Spring Goddess. German Tribes drowned cowards in swamps under sticks. The German tribes used to sacrifice slaves to the goddess of Spring.

19. The Tollund Man is hanged.

20. The Tollund Man is placed in the bog.

21. So what do you think really happened?