Editing Lindow Man (section)

==Conservation==
[[File:Lindow Man, British Museum.jpg|thumb|Lindow Man on display at the British Museum in 1996]]

Environment and situation are the crucial factors that determine how corpses decay. For instance, corpses will decay differently depending on the weather, the way they are buried, and the medium in which they are buried.<ref>{{Cite book|title = The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers|last = Roach|first = Mary|year = 2003|isbn = 978-0-393-32482-2|location = New York|pages = 62}}</ref> Peat slows the decay of corpses. It was feared that, once Lindow Man was removed from that environment, which had preserved the body for nearly 2,000&nbsp;years, the remains would rapidly start to deteriorate, so steps were taken to ensure preservation. After rejecting methods that had been used to maintain the integrity of other bog bodies, such as the "pit-tanning" used on Grauballe Man, which took a year and a half, scientists settled on freeze-drying. In preparation, the body was covered in a solution of 15% [[polyethylene glycol]] 400 and 85% water to prevent it from becoming distorted. The body was then frozen solid and the ice vaporised to ensure Lindow Man did not shrink. Afterwards, Lindow Man was put in a specially constructed display case to [[HVAC|control the environment]], maintaining the temperature at {{convert|20|°C|°F}} and the humidity at 55%.<ref>{{Harvnb|Brothwell|1986|p=23}}</ref><ref>{{Harvnb|Joy|2009|p=37}}</ref><ref>{{citation|url=https://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/highlights/article_index/c/conserving_the_lindow_man.aspx|title=Conserving the Lindow Man|publisher=[[British Museum]]|access-date=12 November 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090514082439/http://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/highlights/article_index/c/conserving_the_lindow_man.aspx|archive-date=14 May 2009}}</ref>

Lindow Man is held in the [[British Museum]]. Before the remains were transferred there, people from North West England launched an unsuccessful campaign to keep the body in Manchester.<ref name="rest in peat">{{citation |url=https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2008/apr/28/heritage |last=Hector |first=Russell |title=Rest in peat |work=[[The Guardian]] |date=28 April 2008 |access-date=3 July 2010}}</ref> The bog body has been on temporary display in other venues: at the [[Manchester Museum]] on three occasions, April to {{Nowrap|December 1987}}, March to {{Nowrap|September 1991}},<ref name="BM press release"/> and {{Nowrap|April 2008}} to {{Nowrap|April 2009}}; and at the [[Great North Museum]] in Newcastle from August to {{Nowrap|November 2009}}.<ref>{{citation |url=https://www.britishmuseum.org/research/search_the_collection_database/search_object_details.aspx?objectid=808672&partid=1 |title=Lindow Man |publisher=[[British Museum]] |access-date=28 June 2010}}</ref> The 2008–09 Manchester display, titled ''Lindow Man: A Bog Body Mystery Exhibition at the Manchester Museum'', won the category "Best Archaeological Innovation" in the 2010 British Archaeological Awards, run by the [[Council for British Archaeology]].<ref>{{citation |url=http://www.britarch.ac.uk/awards/ |title=British Archaeological Awards |publisher=[[Council for British Archaeology]] |date=19 July 2010 |access-date=20 July 2010}}</ref>

Critics have complained that, by museum display of the remains, the body of Lindow Man has been objectified rather than treated with the respect due to the dead. This is part of a wider discussion about the scientific treatment of human remains and museum researchers and archaeologists using them as information sources.<ref>{{citation |url=http://www.culture24.org.uk/places+to+go/north+west/manchester/art44192 |title=Manchester Prepares for the Appearance of Lindow Man |publisher=[[Culture24]] |date=23 February 2007 |access-date=9 July 2010}}</ref>