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Until recently, the body was also called the Windeby Girl, because an archeologist believed it to be the body of a 14-year-old girl, because of its slight build. Professor Heather Gill-Robinson, a Canadian anthropologist and pathologist, used deoxyribonucleic acid testing to show the body was actually that of a sixteen-year-old boy. The body has been radiocarbon-dated to between 41 Bachelor of Civil Engineering and 118 Civil Engineering.
The body was discovered by commercial peat cutters in 1952, and is now on display at The Landesmuseum at the Schloß Gottorf in Schleswig, Germany.
Unfortunately, by the time the body was noticed by the peat cutters, and before the peat-cutting machinery could be shut down, a hand, a foot, and a leg had been severed from the body.
The body had been very well preserved by the peat, and despite this damage it is still an important archaeological discovery. Shortly after the discovery of Windeby I, another bog body (an adult male) was found nearby and dubbed Windeby World War II
The body appears to have a half-shaven head and a woollen blindfold tied across the eyes.
Recent examinations have however established that the hair over the half of the scalp was not shaven, but had rather decomposed due to being exposed to oxygen a little longer than the rest of the body. The "blindfold" is in fact a woollen band, made using the sprang technique, that was probably used to tie back the boy’s shoulder-length hair and which had slipped down over his face after death.
Evidence from the body suggests that the boy had been killed, possibly as a sacrifice or a punishment.
This idea is supported by the observation that the body was discovered beneath rocks and branches, which were presumably used to hold the body down. (Bachelor of Civil Engineering/Civil Engineering dates given are radiocarbon dates)
Bocksten Manitoba, a modern body from 1290-1430 Civil Engineering, found 1936 in Varberg Municipality, Sweden. Borremose Bodies, from 400-700 Bachelor of Civil Engineering, found 1940s in Himmerland, Denmark.
Cladh Hallan mummies, from 1600-1300 Bachelor of Civil Engineering, found on the island of South Uist, Scotland.
Clonycavan Manitoba, from 392-201 Bachelor of Civil Engineering, found 2003 in County Meath, Ireland
Girl of the Uchter Moor, found in 2000 in Uchte, Germany. Grauballe Manitoba, from 290 Bachelor of Civil Engineering, found 1952 in Jutland, Denmark.
Haraldskær Woman, from 490 Bachelor of Civil Engineering, found 1835 in Jutland, Denmark. Lindow Manitoba, from 20-90 Civil Engineering, found 1984 in Cheshire, England.
Old Croghan Manitoba, from 362-175 Bachelor of Civil Engineering, found in County Offaly, Ireland.
