Egtved Girl [SEP] collection
Only the girl's hair, brain, teeth, nails and a little of her skin remain preserved.
Burial.
The barrow was excavated in 1921, and an east-western aligned coffin was found. It was transported in sealed condition to the National Museum of Denmark in Copenhagen, where it was opened and the Egtved Girl discovered.
She was buried fully dressed on an oxhide in the coffin. She wore a loose bodice with sleeves reaching the elbow. She had a bare waist and wore a short string
, it is most plausible that The Egtved Girl originated from-, and spent her entire life in the Egtved area, and did not come far abroad, as proposed by Frei et "al". Thomsen and Andreasen's results show that The Egtved Girl did live about half the year in one area—likely the river valley, in Egtved, and the other half of the year in another place—likely the local plateau, perhaps in the practice of transhumance farming.
See also.
- Håga mound
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