Osterby Man
A.D. 1-100 Found near Osterby, Germany in 1948
Only his decapitated head was found, wrapped in a deerskin cape. He was likely
killed by a blow to his left temple before he was decapitated. His hair,
reddened by chemicals in the peat, is tied in an elaborate hairstyle called a
Swabian knot. The Roman historian Tacitus, who lived in Osterby Man's era,
describes the hairstyle as typical of the Suebi tribe of Germany.
