Otzi The Iceman is one of the oldest known natural European mummy’s that is extremely well preserved. He was found on September 19th, 1991 by two German hikers in the Otzal Alps. He was named after the place where he was found. When he was first found, people thought he was only 500 years old until scientists found out that he was from 3300BCE, more than 5000 years old. No one really knows how old he was, but most people think he was around 40-50 years old. There are many different theories on how he died and he may have turned into a mummy accidently by the freezing weather conditions.
1.2 When did Otzi live? What is this period called? How do we know this? What techniques were used to determine this?
Otzi was from the copper age (Neolithic …show more content…
The Iceman seemed to have been caught in a storm while he was wandering the mountains and died of hypothermia. The body would have had to be covered up by snow almost immediately or else the body would have been eaten by wild animals. This is probably not how otzi died because the wounds and tattoos had nothing to do with being frozen.
2.3 Disease
Otzi’s tattoos gave scientists a big insight on the disease theory. He was said to a have an intestinal parasite called whipworm that has killed people throughout the ages. All up there where 57 carbon tattoos that appeared to be some form of acupuncture. They were dots and lines on his lower spine, behind his left knee, and on the right ankle. It appeared that the iceman had arthritis in these joints. These tattoos could have been for pain relief or some other form of medicinal purpose that is unknown.
2.4 Asteroid
A United Kingdom space technology professor suggested that Otzi’s death may have been related to the landing of an asteroid landing around 300BCE in Austria. The professor thought that he may have been a human sacrifice to the show the gods, that supposedly sent the asteroid, that asteroid landings where not permitted. Until other scientists asked what the wounds and tattoos had anything to do with
1.2 When did Otzi live? What is this period called? How do we know this? What techniques were used to determine this?
Otzi was from the copper age (Neolithic …show more content…
The Iceman seemed to have been caught in a storm while he was wandering the mountains and died of hypothermia. The body would have had to be covered up by snow almost immediately or else the body would have been eaten by wild animals. This is probably not how otzi died because the wounds and tattoos had nothing to do with being frozen.
2.3 Disease
Otzi’s tattoos gave scientists a big insight on the disease theory. He was said to a have an intestinal parasite called whipworm that has killed people throughout the ages. All up there where 57 carbon tattoos that appeared to be some form of acupuncture. They were dots and lines on his lower spine, behind his left knee, and on the right ankle. It appeared that the iceman had arthritis in these joints. These tattoos could have been for pain relief or some other form of medicinal purpose that is unknown.
2.4 Asteroid
A United Kingdom space technology professor suggested that Otzi’s death may have been related to the landing of an asteroid landing around 300BCE in Austria. The professor thought that he may have been a human sacrifice to the show the gods, that supposedly sent the asteroid, that asteroid landings where not permitted. Until other scientists asked what the wounds and tattoos had anything to do with