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Figure 7.5 Reconstruction of the head of Lindow Man, found during peat-cutting near
Wilmslow, Cheshire in 1984, by Richard Neave, Unit of Art in Medicine and Life Sciences,
University of Manchester. Investigation of samples of skin from this body and a further
one discovered in 1987 have revealed traces of iron and copper colourants in a clay-based
pigment. These results are discussed and compared with comments from classical authors
(Pyatt et al. 1991).
and in accord with the family resources. The position of brooches and other hooks
and fasteners, where the grave is well excavated and recorded and both skeleton
and finds adequately preserved, can add considerably to our knowledge of the way
individuals dressed.^34 One of these pioneer studies has been Jochen Garbsch's survey
of women's dress from Noricum and Pannonia in the first and second century AD,
using tombstone reliefs to augment and clarify the finds.^35
Probably the best known item of jewellery to be associated with the various Celtic
tribes is the neck torque. One of the earliest references to the torque comes in C.361
Be when Titus Manlius, in command of the Roman army, accepted the challenge of
the Celtic chieftain who had brought his warriors into Italy, killed his opponent and102