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  • Born: c. 3300 B.C.
  • Birthplace: Italy (?)
  • Died: c. 3300 B.C. (stabbing)
  • Best Known As: The iceman found in the Alps in 1991

The prehistoric mountaineer known as the Oetzi Iceman was discovered at a height of 3200 meters (more than 10,000 feet) in the Tyrollean Alps on 19 September 1991. The frozen body was remarkably well preserved and still clad in primitive clothing, including an animal hide coat and grass cape. The body was claimed by Austrian scientists, who determined that he was a Bronze Age man who lived around 3300 B.C. The Iceman was first housed at the University of Innsbruck, but after agreeing that the body was actually found a few meters inside Italian territory, the Austrians transferred the body to Italian care in 1998. The Oetzi Iceman then went on display in a special refrigerated case in the South Tyrol Museum of Archaeology in Bolzano, Italy. In 2001 scientists announced that the Iceman probably died from wounds inflicted by an arrowhead found in his left shoulder.

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One spring day about 5300 bp a man near what is now the border between Italy and Austria was shot with a flint arrow. He fled into the mountains, removing the arrow shaft, but the arrowhead remained embedded in his shoulder bone. It is thought that he collapsed and died from loss of blood. Somehow his body remained undisturbed until fall, when it was covered with snow and ice. The climate cooled and the snow and ice became year-round. In a later warm spell, the body was exposed, but then cold weather returned. The ice cover became a glacier, but with global warming, that glacier is now melting. In September of 1991, two hikers found the mummified body exposed. The remains were taken first to Austria, then to Italy, where the man gained a new name -- Iceman or Ötzi (he was found in the Ötzal mountains).

The story of Ötzi's last days is a best guess reconstruction. It was spring because his intestines contained pollen from spring flowers. The arrowhead was spotted during a CT scan of his body. Other damage, earlier thought to have caused his death, resulted from the action of ice on the body.

The remains reveal much about tools and material used in Europe at that time. Leather sewn together with sinews was used for clothing, although a large cloak was woven grass. A cap was made from the fur of a brown bear. The shoes had soles of bear leather and uppers of deerskin; they were stuffed with grass and hay for insulation. Woven grass was also used in place of sinews. His dagger was of flint inserted into a wooden handle and secured with string; it was placed into a woven-grass sheath that had a leather loop to attach the sheath to his belt. Another piece of flint may have been employed as a drill. A bone tool was similar to an awl. His arrowheads were also flint. The axe is the oldest complete one known. The flanged axe head was of copper and was attached to the wooden handle by strips of leather and birch pitch. A birch-bark box contained charcoal wrapped in maple leaves (possibly a method of carrying smoldering coals to start a fire, since no fire-starting flint was found). Two lumps of birch fungus are thought to have been carried as a first-aid kit for use as medicine.

In his leather and hazelwood quiver there were two finished arrows, dressed with feathers to cause spin, and 12 unfinished arrows, all made from viburnum and dogwood. One of the finished arrows is a type called a composite that has a short shaft attached to a longer one, designed so the longer part can be broken off by a wounded animal while the short part will remain. The arrowhead embedded in Ötzi's shoulder is an exact match for the type found in his quiver.

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Ötzi the Iceman
Born fl. c.3300 BC
near the present village of Feldthurns (Velturno), north of Bolzano, Italy
Died fl. c.3300 BC (aged about 45)
Schnalstal glacier, Ötztal Alps, near Hauslabjoch on the border between Austria and Italy
Cause of death Victim of assault or ritual sacrifice
Other names Frozen Fritz; Similaun Man
Height 1.65 m (5.4 ft)
Weight 50 kg (110 lb; 7.9 st)
Known for Oldest natural mummy of a Chalcolithic (Copper Age) European man
Website
South Tyrol Museum of Archaeology

Ötzi the Iceman (pronounced De-Oetzi-pronunciation.ogg [ˈœtsi] (help·info)), and Similaun Man are modern names of a well-preserved natural mummy of a man from about 3300 BC (53 centuries ago).[1] The mummy was found in September of 1991 in the Schnalstal glacier in the Ötztal Alps, near Hauslabjoch on the border between Austria and Italy. The nickname comes from Ötztal (Ötz valley), the region in which he was discovered. He is Europe's oldest natural human mummy, and has offered an unprecedented view of Chalcolithic (Copper Age) Europeans. The body and his belongings are displayed in the South Tyrol Museum of Archaeology in Bolzano, northern Italy.

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Discovery

Ötzi the Iceman while still frozen in the glacier, photographed by Helmut Simon upon the discovery of the body in September 1991.
Another early photograph of the body before its removal from the ice.

Ötzi was found by two German tourists from Nuremberg, Helmut and Erika Simon, on 19 September 1991. The body was at first thought to be a modern corpse, like several others which had been recently found in the region. Lying on its front and frozen in ice below the torso, it was crudely removed from the glacier by the Austrian authorities using a small jackhammer (which punctured the hip of the body) and ice-axes using non-archaeological methods. In addition, before the body was removed from the ice, people were allowed to see it, and some took portions of the clothing and tools as souvenirs. The body was then taken to a morgue in Innsbruck, where its true age was subsequently ascertained.

Subsequent surveys in October 1991 showed that the body had been located 92.56 meters inside Italian territory (46°46′44″N 10°50′23″E / 46.77889°N 10.83972°E / 46.77889; 10.83972).[2] Since 1998 it has been on display at the South Tyrol Museum of Archaeology in Bolzano, Italy.

Scientific analyses of Ötzi

The body has been extensively examined, measured, X-rayed, and dated. Tissues and intestinal contents have been examined microscopically, as have the items found with the body. In August 2004, frozen bodies of three Austro-Hungarian soldiers killed during the Battle of San Matteo (1918) were found on the mountain of San Matteo in the Trentino region of Italy. One body was sent to a museum in the hope that research on how the environment affected its preservation will help to find out about Ötzi's past and future evolution.[3]

The body

By current estimates, at the time of his death Ötzi was approximately 1.65 metres (5 ft 5 in) tall,[4] weighed about 50 kilograms (110 lb; 7.9 st)[5] and was about 45 years of age.[4] When his body was found, it weighed 38 kilograms (84 lb; 6.0 st).[4] Because the body was covered in ice shortly after his death, it only partially deteriorated. Analysis of pollen and dust grains and the isotopic composition of his tooth enamel indicate that he spent his childhood near the present village of Feldthurns (Velturno), north of Bolzano, but later went to live in valleys about 50 kilometres further north.[6] Analysis by Franco Rollo's group at the University of Camerino has shown that Ötzi's mitochondrial DNA belongs to the K1 subcluster of the mitochondrial haplogroup K, but that it cannot be categorized into any of the three modern branches of that subcluster.[7] Rollo's group published Ötzi's complete mtDNA sequence in 2008.[8]

Ötzi the Iceman, now housed at the South Tyrol Museum of Archaeology in Bolzano, Italy

Analysis of Ötzi's intestinal contents showed two meals (the last one about eight hours before his death), one of chamois meat, the other of red deer meat. Both were eaten with some grain as well as some roots and fruits. The grain from both meals was a highly processed einkorn wheat bran,[9] quite possibly eaten in the form of bread. There were also a few kernels of sloes (small plumlike fruits of the blackthorn tree). Hair analysis was used to examine his diet from several months before.

Pollen in the first meal showed that it had been consumed in a mid-altitude conifer forest, and other pollens indicated the presence of wheat and legumes, which may have been domesticated crops. Also, pollen grains of hop-hornbeam were discovered. The pollen was very well preserved, with even the cells inside still intact, indicating that it had been fresh (a few hours old) at the time of Ötzi's death, which places the event in the spring. Interestingly, einkorn wheat is harvested in the late summer, and sloes in the autumn; these must have been stored since the year before.

High levels of both copper particles and arsenic were found in Ötzi's hair. This, along with Ötzi's copper axe which is 99.7% pure copper, has led scientists to speculate that Ötzi was involved in copper smelting.[10]

By examining the proportions of Ötzi's tibia, femur and pelvis, Christopher Ruff has determined that Ötzi's lifestyle included long walks over hilly terrain. This degree of mobility is not characteristic of other Copper Age Europeans. Ruff proposes that this may indicate Ötzi was a high-altitude shepherd.[11]

Health

Ötzi apparently had whipworm (Trichuris trichiura), an intestinal parasite. During CT scans, it was observed that three or four of his right ribs had been squashed when he had been lying face down after death, or where the ice had crushed his body. His fingernail (only one was found) shows three Beau's lines indicating he was sick three times in the six months before he died. The last incident, two months before he died, lasted about two weeks.[12] Also, it was found that his epidermis, the outer skin layer, was missing, a natural process from his mummification in ice.[5]

Tattoos

Ötzi had approximately 57 carbon tattoos consisting of simple dots and lines on his lower spine, behind his left knee, and on his right ankle. Using X-rays, it was determined that the Iceman may have had arthritis in these joints. It has been speculated that they may be related to acupuncture.[13]

Clothes and shoes

Ötzi's flint knife and its sheath.

Ötzi's clothes were sophisticated. He wore a cloak made of woven grass and a coat, a belt, a pair of leggings, a loincloth and shoes, all made of leather of different skins. He also wore a bearskin cap with a leather chin strap. The shoes were waterproof and wide, seemingly designed for walking across the snow; they were constructed using bearskin for the soles, deer hide for the top panels, and a netting made of tree bark. Soft grass went around the foot and in the shoe and functioned like modern socks. The coat, belt, leggings, and loincloth were constructed of vertical strips of leather sewn together with sinew. His belt had a pouch sewn to it that contained a cache of useful items: a scraper, drill, flint flake, bone awl, and a dried fungus to be used as tinder.

The shoes have since been reproduced by a Czech academic, who said that "because the shoes are actually quite complex, I'm convinced that even 5,300 years ago, people had the equivalent of a cobbler who made shoes for other people". The reproductions were found to constitute such excellent footwear that it was reported that a Czech company offered to purchase the rights to sell them.[14] However, a more recent hypothesis by British archaeologist Jacqui Wood says that Ötzi's "shoes" were actually the upper part of snowshoes. According to this theory, the item currently interpreted as part of a 'backpack' is actually the wood frame and netting of one snowshoe and animal hide to cover the torso.[15]

Other equipment

Other items found with the Iceman were a copper axe with a yew handle, a flint knife with an ash handle, a quiver of 14 arrows with viburnum and dogwood shafts. Two of the arrows, which were broken, were tipped with flint and had fletching (stabilizing vents), while the other 12 were unfinished and untipped. The arrows were found in a quiver with what is presumed to be a bow string, a tool of some sort, and some antler which might have been used for making arrow points.[16] There was also an unfinished yew longbow that was 1.82 metres (72 in) long.[17]

In addition, among Ötzi's possessions were berries, two birch bark baskets, and two species of polypore mushrooms with leather strings through them. One of these, the birch fungus, is known to have antibacterial properties, and was likely used for medicinal purposes. The other was a type of tinder fungus, included with part of what appeared to be a complex firestarting kit. The kit featured pieces of over a dozen different plants, in addition to flint and pyrite for creating sparks.

Cause of death

The Ötzi memorial on the Similaun mountain, where Ötzi the Iceman was found, in the Ötztal Alps.

Initially it had been believed that Ötzi died from exposure during a winter storm. Later it was speculated that Ötzi may have been a victim of a ritual sacrifice, perhaps for being a chieftain.[18][19] This explanation was inspired by theories previously advanced for the first millennium B.C. bodies recovered from peat bogs such as the Tollund Man and the Lindow Man.[19] In 2001 X-rays and a CT scan revealed that Ötzi had an arrowhead lodged in one shoulder when he died,[20] and a matching small tear on his coat.[21] The discovery of the arrowhead prompted researchers to theorize Ötzi died of blood loss from the wound, which would likely have been fatal even if modern medical techniques had been available.[22] Further research found that the arrow's shaft had been removed before death, and close examination of the body found bruises and cuts to the hands, wrists and chest and cerebral trauma indicative of a blow to the head. One of the cuts was to the base of his thumb that reached down to the bone but had no time to heal before his death. Currently it is believed that death was caused by a blow to the head, though researchers are unsure if this was due to a fall, or from being struck with a rock by another person.[23] DNA analysis revealed traces of blood from four other people on his gear: one from his knife, two from the same arrowhead, and a fourth from his coat. Interpretations of the findings were that Ötzi killed two people with the same arrow, and was able to retrieve it on both occasions, and the blood on his coat was from a wounded comrade he may have carried over his back.[21] Ötzi's unnatural posture in death (frozen body, face down, left arm bent across the chest) suggests that the theory of a solitary death from blood loss, hunger, cold and weakness is untenable. Rather, before death occurred and rigor mortis set in, the Iceman was turned on to his stomach in the effort to remove the arrow shaft.[24]

The DNA evidence suggests that he was assisted by companions who were also wounded; pollen and food analysis suggests that he was out of his home territory. The copper axe could not have been made by him alone. It would have required a concerted group tribal effort to mine, smelt and cast the copper axe head. This may indicate that Ötzi was actually part of an armed raiding party involved in a skirmish, perhaps with a neighboring tribe, and this skirmish had gone badly. When the Iceman's mitochondrial DNA was analyzed by Franco Rollo and his colleagues,[25] it was discovered that he had genetic markers associated with reduced fertility. It has been speculated that this may have affected his social acceptance, or at least that his infertility could have had social implications within his tribal group, which could have played a role in the chain of events that led to the confrontation.[26]

Legal dispute over Ötzi's discovery

Italian law entitled the Simons to a finders' fee from the Bolzano provincial government of 25% of the value of Ötzi. In 1994 the authorities offered a "symbolic" reward of 10 million lire (€5,200), which the Simons turned down.[27] In 2003, the Simons filed a lawsuit which asked a court in Bolzano, Italy, to recognize their role in Ötzi's discovery and declare them his "official discoverers". The court decided in the Simons' favor in November 2003, and at the end of December that year the Simons announced that they were seeking US$300,000 as their fee. The provincial government decided to appeal.[28]

In addition, two people came forward to claim that they were part of the same mountaineering party that came across Ötzi and discovered the body first:

  • Magdalena Mohar Jarc, a Slovenian actress, who alleged that she discovered the corpse first, and shortly after returning to an alpine house, asked Helmut Simon to take photographs of Ötzi.
  • Sandra Nemeth, from Switzerland, who contended that she found the corpse before Helmut and Erika Simon, and that she spat on Ötzi to make sure that her DNA would be found on the body later. She asked for a DNA test on the remains, but experts believed that there was little chance of finding any trace.[29]

The rival claims were heard by a Bolzano court. The legal case angered Mrs. Simon, who alleged that neither woman was present on the mountain that day.[29] This position is supported by a detailed description of the Iceman's discovery by Austrian researcher Elisabeth Rastbichler-Zissernig.[30] In 2005, Mrs. Simon's lawyer said: "Mrs. Simon is very upset by all this and by the fact that these two new claimants have decided to appear 14 years after Ötzi was found."[29]

In 2004, Helmut Simon died. Two years later, in June 2006, an appeals court affirmed that the Simons had indeed discovered the Iceman and were therefore entitled to a finder's fee. It also ruled that the provincial government had to pay the Simons' legal costs. After this ruling, Mrs. Erika Simon reduced her claim to €150,000. The provincial government's response was that the expenses it had incurred to establish a museum and the costs of preserving the Iceman should be considered in determining the finder's fee. It insisted it would pay no more than €50,000. In September 2006, the authorities appealed the case to Italy's highest court, the Court of Cassation.[28]

On 29 September 2008 it was announced that the provincial government and Mrs. Simon had reached a settlement of the dispute, under which she would receive €150,000 in recognition of Ötzi's discovery by her and her late husband and the tourist income that it attracts.[27][31]

"Ötzi's curse"

Influenced by the "Curse of the Pharaohs" and the media theme of cursed mummies, claims have been made that Ötzi is cursed. The allegation centers around the deaths of several main people connected to the discovery, recovery and subsequent examination of Ötzi. It is alleged that they have died under mysterious circumstances. These persons include co-discoverer Helmut Simon,[32] and Konrad Spindler, the first examiner of the mummy in Austria at a local morgue in 1991.[33] To date, the deaths of seven people, of which four were the result of some violence in the form of accidents, have been attributed to the alleged curse. However, hundreds of people were involved in the recovery of Ötzi and are still involved in studying the body and the artifacts found with it; thus it may not be surprising that a few of them have died since the mummy's discovery.[34]

See also

Notes

  1. ^ James Neill (last updated 27 October 2004), Otzi, the 5,300 Year Old Iceman from the Alps: Pictures & Information, http://www.wilderdom.com/evolution/OtziIcemanAlpsPictures.htm, retrieved 2007-03-08 .
  2. ^ See the topographic map Val Senales - Schnalstal, Carta Topografica per Escursionisti 1:25.000, Tabacco, 1996.
  3. ^ WWI bodies are found on glacier, BBC News, 23 August 2004, http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/3592268.stm .
  4. ^ a b c Rory Carroll (26 September 2000), "Iceman is defrosted for gene tests: New techniques may link Copper Age shepherd to present-day relatives", The Guardian, http://www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,,373487,00.html .
  5. ^ a b James M. Deem (3 January 2008), Ötzi: Iceman of the Alps: His health, Mummy Tombs, http://www.mummytombs.com/otzi/health.htm, retrieved 2008-01-06 .
  6. ^ Wolfgang Müller [et al.] (31 October 2003), "Origin and Migration of the Alpine Iceman", Science (AAAS) 302 (5646): 862–866, doi:10.1126/science.1089837, PMID 14593178, http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/short/302/5646/862, retrieved 2007-10-18, Lay summary (16 December 2007) .
  7. ^ Franco Rollo [et al.] (19 January 2006), "Fine Characterization of the Iceman's mtDNA Haplogroup", American Journal of Physical Anthropology, PMID 16425231 .
  8. ^ Luca Ermini [et al.] (30 October 2008), "Complete Mitochondrial Genome Sequence of the Tyrolean Iceman", Current Biology .
  9. ^ T.G. Holden (2002), "The Food Remains from the Colon of the Tyrolean Ice Man", in Keith Dobney; Terry O'Connor, Bones and the Man: Studies in Honour of Don Brothwell, Oxford: Oxbow Books, pp. 35–40, ISBN 9781842170601 .
  10. ^ Iceman's final meal, BBC News, 16 September 2002, http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/2262615.stm .
  11. ^ Christopher Ruff (July 2006), "Body size, body proportions, and mobility in the Tyrolean "Iceman"", Journal of Human Evolution 51 (1): 91–101, doi:10.1016/j.jhevol.2006.02.001 .
  12. ^ Scientific American May 2003 The Iceman Reconsidered by James H Dickson,Klaus Oeggl,and Linda L Handly
  13. ^ Alpine iceman reveals Stone Age secrets, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, 18 February 2005, http://www.abc.net.au/news/indepth/featureitems/s1305469.htm, retrieved 2008-10-01 .
  14. ^ Allan Hall (18 July 2005), "Shoemaker pursues the ultimate sole mate" ([dead link] – Scholar search), The Sydney Morning Herald, http://www.smh.com.au/news/world/ultimate-sole-mate/2005/07/17/11215838868661.html ; Katka Krosnar (17 July 2005), "Now you can walk in footsteps of 5,000-year-old Iceman – wearing his boots", The Daily Telegraph, http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/italy/1494238/Now-you-can-walk-in-footsteps-of-5000-year-old-Iceman---wearing-his-boots.html .
  15. ^ Norman Hammond (21 February 2005), "Iceman was wearing 'earliest snowshoes'" ([dead link] – Scholar search), The Times, http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/court_and_social/the_hitch/article516866.ece .
  16. ^ Brenda Fowler (2001), Iceman: Uncovering the Life and Times of a Prehistoric Man found in an Alpine Glacier, Chicago, Ill.: University of Chicago Press, pp. 105–106, ISBN 0-226-25823-8 .
  17. ^ Norman Davies (1996), Europe: A History, Oxford: Oxford University Press, ISBN 0198201710 .
  18. ^ Sarah Ives (30 October 2003), Was ancient alpine "Iceman" killed in battle?, National Geographic News, http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2003/10/1030_031030_icemandeath.html, retrieved 2007-10-25 .
  19. ^ a b Franco Rollo [et al.] (2002), "Otzi's last meals: DNA analysis of the intestinal content of the Neolithic glacier mummy from the Alps", Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 99 (20): 12594–12599, doi:10.1073/pnas.192184599, PMID 12244211 .
  20. ^ Stephanie Pain (26 July 2001), Arrow points to foul play in ancient iceman's death, NewScientistTech, http://technology.newscientist.com/article/dn1080 
  21. ^ a b James M. Deem (updated 3 January 2008), Ötzi: Iceman of the Alps: Scientific studies, http://www.mummytombs.com/otzi/scientific.htm, retrieved 2008-01-06 .
  22. ^ Alok Jha (7 June 2007), "Iceman bled to death, scientists say", The Guardian, http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2007/jun/07/archaeology.internationalnews .
  23. ^ Rory Carroll (21 March 2002), "How Oetzi the Iceman was stabbed in the back and lost his fight for life", The Guardian, http://education.guardian.co.uk/higher/humanities/story/0,,671346,00.html .
  24. ^ Rossella Lorenzi (31 August 2007), Blow to head, not arrow, killed Otzi the iceman, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, http://abc.net.au/science/news/stories/2007/2020609.htm?health ; Nicole Winfield (30 August 2007), Ancient murder mystery takes new turn, MSNBC, http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20495781/?GT1=10252 .
  25. ^ Surprising Results Of Complete Mitochondrial Genome Of 5,000-Year-Old Mummy
  26. ^ Rebecca Morelle (3 February 2006), Infertility link in iceman's DNA, BBC News, http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/4674866.stm .
  27. ^ a b 'Iceman' row ends after 17 years, BBC News, 29 September 2008, http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7643286.stm .
  28. ^ a b James M. Deem (last updated September 2008), Ötzi: Iceman of the Alps: Finder's fee lawsuits, Mummy Tombs, http://mummytombs.com/otzi/lawsuit.htm, retrieved 2008-10-01 .
  29. ^ a b c Nick Pisa (22 October 2005), "Cold case comes to court – After 5,300 years", The Daily Telegraph, http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/italy/1501326/Cold-case-comes-to-court---after-5300-years.html .
  30. ^ Elisabeth Rastbichler-Zissernig (3 September 2001), Der Mann vom Hauslabjoch – von der Entdeckung bis zur Bergung [The Hauslabjoch man – from the discovery to the retrieval], University of Innsbruck, http://www.uibk.ac.at/forschung/alpine_vorzeit/fundgeschichte/fundgeschichte.pdf, retrieved 2008-01-06  (in German).
  31. ^ Nick Squires (29 September 2008), "Oetzi The Iceman's discoverers finally compensated: A bitter dispute over the payment of a finder's fee for two hikers who discovered the world famous Oetzi The Iceman mummy has finally been settled", The Daily Telegraph, http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/austria/3105153/Oetzi-the-icemans-discoverers-finally-compensated.html .
  32. ^ "Iceman's finder missing", The Guardian, 19 October 2004, http://www.guardian.co.uk/austria/article/0,,1330689,00.html ; Stephen Goodwin (25 October 2004), "Helmut Simon: Finder of a Bronze Age man in the alpine snow [obituary]", The Independent, http://news.independent.co.uk/people/obituaries/article30165.ece .
  33. ^ Barbara McMahon (20 April 2005), "Scientist seen as latest 'victim' of Iceman", The Guardian, http://education.guardian.co.uk/higher/sciences/story/0,,1463998,00.html .
  34. ^ The Curse of the Ice Mummy, a television documentary screened on UK Channel 4 on 8 March 2007. See also Kathy Marks (5 November 2005), "Curse of Oetzi the Iceman strikes again", The Independent, http://news.independent.co.uk/europe/article324955.ece  (also reported as Kathy Marks (5 November 2005), "Curse of Oetzi the Iceman claims another victim", New Zealand Herald, http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/2/story.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=10353742 ); Nick Squires (5 November 2005), "Seventh victim of the Ice Man's 'curse'", The Daily Telegraph, http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2005/11/05/woetzi05.xml .

Further reading

Articles

Books

English

  • Bortenschlager, Sigmar; Oeggl, Klaus, eds. (2000), The Iceman and His Natural Environment: Palaeobotanical Results, Wien; New York, N.Y.: Springer, ISBN 3211826602 .
  • Fowler, Brenda (2000), Iceman: Uncovering the Life and Times of a Prehistoric Man Found in an Alpine Glacier, New York, N.Y.: Random House, ISBN 0679431675 (hbk.) .
  • Spindler, Konrad; translated from the German by Ewald Osers (2001), The Man in the Ice: The Preserved Body of a Neolithic Man Reveals the Secrets of the Stone Age, London: Phoenix, ISBN 0753812606 .

Other languages

  • De Marinis, Raffaele C.; Brillante, Giuseppe (1998), La Mummia del Similaun: Ötzi, l'Uomo Venuto dal Ghiaccio [The Mummy of the Similaun: Ötzi, the Man who Came from the Ice], Venice, Italy: Marsilio, ISBN 883177073X  (Italian).
  • Fleckinger, Angelika; Steiner, Hubert (1998 (2000 printing)), L'Uomo Venuto dal Ghiaccio [The Man who Came from the Ice], Bolzano, Italy: Folio, ISBN 8886857039 (pbk.)  (Italian).

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