Iceman

Case Study - Ancient Human Remains

- The Iceman - Bog Bodies - Lindow Man - Tolland Man - Ice Maiden



Ötzi - The Iceman
Iceman Research:
 * When, where and how the body was found
 * Reasons the body was preserved
 * Methods used to study the body
 * Reconstruct the lifestyle of the Iceman: physical appearance, clothing, evidence of the environment; possible cause of death; changing interpretations resulting from new evidence
 * The evidence provided by the body about the society from which he came

Begin with your textbook and then use some of these Iceman links:
 * [|Ötzi's official website] (The South Tyrol Museum of Archaeology - he's very proud of this site)
 * BBC 2 Documentary "[|Death of the Iceman]" - 2002 (a synopsis) - with a gallery of photographs and more links
 * Iceman from [|Wikipedia]
 * Iceman from [|Mummy Tombs]
 * [|Ötzi, the 5,300 year old Iceman from the Alps] - with links to other sites
 * [|National Geographic, July 2007], "Last Hours of the Iceman".

 When he was found in 1991, the first theory was that he had been crossing the Alps and died of hypothermia after taking refuge from a sudden storm.  In 2001, an X-ray examination found an arrow head in his shoulder. The following year, National Geographic reported that Ötzi may have been killed as a [|ritual human sacrifice]. Two months later another theory was reported: that he may have died in [|hand-to-hand combat]. In 2003, this theory was developed in a news post by National Geographic. He died in a [|battle with at least three assailants]. In 2007, it was reported that he [|bled to death] from the arrow wound to his shoulder. This was followed by the article "[|Last Hours of the Iceman]" in the July 2007 edition of National Geographic. Two months later, another news post from National Geographic added [|severe head trauma] as a contributing factor to his death.
 * How did** **Ötzi die?**