IRON AGE WOMAN FOUND IN COPENHAGEN
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[ October 2nd 2005 ]

Danish archaeologists have unearthed the remains of an ancient Iron Age woman while excavating a graveyard in a suburb of Copenhagen, Associated Press reports. "What we find interesting is her bones are well-preserved and she had jewellery - glass pearls and a metal chain - which could indicate that she was wealthy," said Tom Giersing of the Kroppedal Museum in Taastrup.

In archaeology, the Iron Age is the stage in the development of any people where the use of iron implements as tools and weapons is prominent. The adoption of this new material coincided with other changes in past societies often including differing agricultural practices, beliefs and artistic styles.