Ötzi the Iceman

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Ötzi the Iceman (also spelled Oetzi and known also as Frozen Fritz) is the modern nickname of a well-preserved natural mummy of a man from about 3300 BC, found in 1991 in a glacier of the Ötztal Alps, near the border between Austria and Italy. The nickname comes from the valley of discovery. He rivals the Egyptian "Ginger" as the oldest known human mummy, and has offered an unprecedented view on the habits of Chalcolithic (Copper Age) Europeans. Ötzi the Iceman - Discovery. Ötzi was found ...

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Ötzi the Iceman: Encyclopedia II - Ötzi the Iceman - Scientific analysis The body has been extensively examined, measured, x-rayed, and dated. Tissues and gut contents were examined microscopically, as was the pollen found on his gear. At the time of his death, Ötzi was a 30-to-45-year old man, approximately 160 cm (5'3") tall. Analysis of pollen and dust grains and the isotopic composition of his teeth's enamel indicate that he spent his childhood near the present village of Feldthurns, north of Bolzano, but ...

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Ötzi the Iceman: Encyclopedia - 34th century BC

(35th century BC - 34th century BC - 33rd century BC - other centuries) (5th millennium BC - 4th millennium BC - 3rd millennium BC) 34th century BC - Events. Stage IIIa2 of the Naqada culture in Egypt (dated in 1998) 34th century BC - Significant persons. 3322 BC - Fu Hsi, legendary ruler of China, was born (according to James Legge). Ötzi the Iceman lived c.3300 BC. 34th century BC - Inventio ...

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Ötzi the Iceman: Encyclopedia II - Neolithic - Farming

A significant and far-reaching shift in human subsistence and lifestyle was to be brought about in those areas where crop farming and cultivation were first developed, then gradually improved. In these areas, the previous reliance upon a more nomadic hunter-gatherer subsistence technique was at first supplemented, and then increasingly replaced by, a reliance upon the yield produced from cultivated lands. These developments are also believed to have greatly encouraged the growth of settlements, since it may be supposed that the increased nee ...

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Ötzi the Iceman: Encyclopedia - Copper Age

The Chalcolithic (Greek khalkos + lithos 'copper stone') period, also known as the Eneolithic (Aeneolithic) or Copper Age period, is a phase in the development of human culture in which the use of early metal tools appeared alongside the use of stone tools. Archaeologists generally avoid the use of 'chalcolithic'. They prefer the term 'copper age'[citation needed]. The period is a transitional one outside of the traditional three-age system, and occurs between the neol ...

Ötzi the Iceman: Encyclopedia - Stone Age

The Stone Age is a broad prehistoric time period during which humans widely used stone for toolmaking. Stone tools were made from a variety of different kinds of stone. For example, flint and chert were shaped (or chipped) for use as cutting tools and weapons, while basalt and sandstone were used for ground stone tools, such as quern-stones. Wood, bone, shell, antler and other materials were widely used, too. During the most recent part of the period, sediments (like clay) were used to make pottery. A series of metal technology innovations characterize the later Cha ...

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Ötzi the Iceman: Encyclopedia - Mummy

A mummy is a corpse whose skin and flesh have been preserved by deliberate or accidental exposure to chemicals, extreme cold or dryness, or airlessness. The best-known mummies are those that have been deliberately embalmed with the specific purpose of preservation, particularly those in ancient Egypt. Egyptians believed the body was home to a person's Ka which was essential in one's afterlife. In Egypt, the bodies were covered in natron to speed up the process of dehydration, and to prevent decomposition. In China, preserved corpses have been recovered from submerged ...

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