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Hair: Scientists conducted a isotope analysis of the element strontium to measure the quantities down to the minute to get an accurate idea of where he may have traveled before his death. They took samples from his femur and hair to compare. They were only able to measure up to a year because of his hair being short. The results contained only small differences in strontium isotope proportions. Suggesting that he spent his final year in Denmark, and that he may have moved at least 20 miles in his last six months.

Preservation:

Sacrifice: The sacrifice was believed to be conducted in the spring time according to his stomach contents.

There were no signs of summer and autumn harvest in his system. The presence of grains and seeds paired with the absence of spring and summer harvest, suggests that the sacrifice took place in the spring, according to scientists.