In 1907 a fully clothed but skeletonised male bog body was found during peat cutting in
Hogehahn Bog in Bernuthsfeld near Tannenhausen distr. Aurich. Initially the finders reburied
the corpse for fear of criminal prosecution later it was subjected to changing scientific
methods and goals. Since 2011 the bog body has been reinvestigated in the context of a
German-Dutch exhibition project with manifold modern archaeological natural scientific and
medical methods of analysis. The resulting palaeobiography revealed that we are dealing with a
right-handed and right-footed male at least 1.60-1.70 m tall and of a normal to slim
constitution. He died in the years between A.D. 660 and 770 at an age of some 30-40 years and
had suffered from various diseases and injuries during his lifetime. He had eaten a diet based
on much freshwater fish and wore one of the most completely preserved Early Medieval costumes
found to date. This consisted of a knee-length patchwork tunic a hood a square scarf a
fringed blanket worn as a cloak two long woollen bandages [puttees ?] other textile and
leather objects and a wooden stick.
