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Bog - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Throughout literary history, bogs have been portrayed as the gloomy retreats of society's outcasts. It was a Danish bog from which the monster Grendel emerged to attack Beowulf's castle; bogs, or heaths, of medieval Britain sheltered the marauding pagans who became known as heathens;
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Bogs are the most common type of wetland in northern Canada, especially in arctic and subarctic regions. In fact, bogs are very common across the entire northern hemisphere in previously glaciated areas. Bogs are characterized by substantial peat accumulation (> 40 cm), high water tables and acidic loving vegetation.
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Information about bogs and bog people by award-winning children's author James M. Deem ... Why have bodies been found in northern European bogs?
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Bogs are open, acidic, nutrient-poor wetlands with sphagnum moss, heath shrubs, wildflowers, ... As bogs develop, they become highly stressful environments for most plants. The still or slow-moving water is very acidic and contains a limited supply of nutrients, such as nitrogen, that are needed for plant growth.
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No one knows how these people ended up in the bogs, but it seems that the bodies are not the remains of unlucky people who fell in after losing their way. ... Violence in the Bogs; Clothing and Hair Styles of the Bog People; Reconstructions; Pathologies of the Bog Bodies;
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Huldremose Woman, found in 1879, was accompanied by several pieces of clothing: two skin capes, and a woolen skirt, scarf, and hairband. Several years later a large woolen garment, or peplos (shown), was discovered near the place where ... Clothing and Hair Styles of the Bog People "Bodies of the Bogs"; December 10, 1997...
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