Bog Bodies. Preserved bodies are crucial to historians in unravelling information on past civilisations. The nature of the bodies and the conclusions that can be drawn allow a scientific outlook on their lives.

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Preserved bodies are crucial to historians in unravelling information on past civilisations. The nature of the bodies and the conclusions that can be drawn allow a scientific outlook on their lives. The evidence, found with the body, including weaponry and equipment allow opportunity to investigate the technology of past civilisations. The nature of the body furthermore reveal details on status, appearance and occupation, giving modern historians insight to the general day-to-day lives and the structure of past civilisations. From this, it can be determined that preserved bodies play an essential role in learning about the past.

The various items that are found with bodies reveal the technology available at the time and subsequently the estimated time of which the person lived. The 5000 year old preserved body of Otzi, found in the Italian Alps, was found with various pieces of weaponry; a copper axe, flint dagger, a bow and arrows. These pieces of equipment gave modern historians a standpoint to the technological advancements of past civilisations. The copper axe head indicates that ancient civilisations of Otzi's time had access to copper tools and weapons. The evidence of copper along with DNA testing provided further evidence that Otzi lived during