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breeches, and an outer jacket. He had two caps, a pair of gloves and knitted stockings. His remains suggest he was walking during wintertime, and he may have died of illness or exposure. It is not possible to see any settlement from where he was buried and weather in late 17th- and early 18th-century northern Europe was extremely cold and stormy. His body was buried purposefully, with the objects he carried buried carefully with him. It is not known if he was a
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made full replicas of all of the finds, which are together displayed in a permanent
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