Archaeology is often envisioned as the careful process of excavation carried out by trained professionals; however, the tale of Lindow Man started very differently. In 1984, laborers extracting peat from the Lindow Moss area in Cheshire, England, discovered something peculiar coming out from the depths of the bog.
It was a foot. What was first thought to be a piece of human anatomy eventually turned out to be one of the most extraordinary archaeological discoveries in British history. Unlike other archaeological discoveries, which are found in tombs or cemeteries, the Lindow Man had existed in an entirely different environment – a peat bog – without being entombed.
