Otzi The Iceman Essay

Otzi the Iceman

Introduction

Today I will be writing about Otzi the Iceman. Otzi was discovered frozen in the ice by German hikers. When he died he was around the age of 45. This report will cover where he lived, his lifestyle, how he died and methods of investigation. The purpose of this report is to give you an understanding of what life was like for Otzi the Iceman and how scientist used methods of investigation.

Where he was discovered and how he was discovered

Otzi was found on 19th of September 1991 in south terminal mountains Austrian Italian border. Hikers Helmut and Erika Simon were the founders of Otzi the Iceman, off track going down a rocky gully they found Otzi head down and shoulders sticking up frozen in the freezing ice,

He is also said to of lived between 3,300 BCE and lived in the copper age. Scientist discovered that he was brought up in the north of Bolzano village of Feldthurns as a child, they worked this out by analyzing pollen, dust grains and his teeth. Later in life, he went about 50 km further north of the village.

How he died cut with a knife by the supposed attackers. He was carrying a bow and arrow with him and shot to people with this and they did blood analysis to reveal this, so he shot the first person and recovered to bow and shot the text. Otzi was attacked n a mountain at the bottom he had escaped from the attackers and headed uphill. The scientist that were discovering him were able to see what his last meal was, it was a fatty goat and there was still got fur on it when he ate it. Otzi is said to of not feeling well after he had been attacked, they know this there was hope of hornbeam in his stomach this is an ancient medicine, he probably had nausea or indigestion. While he was eating scientist think the same attacker came back and shot him in the back they know this because the arrow was partly there when he was found and he would of bleed to death, but he is said to have not died from the arrow but from a blow to the head and bruising on the skull and brain this was shown via

Because of the freezing cold climate, he was preserved in the glacier ice. In May 2012, scientist revealed that Otzi the Iceman had intact blood cells, they are said to bed the oldest blood cells found, when a human dies the blood cells have either shrunken or have disappeared, but because Otzi was frozen his blood cells were frozen too. In February 2012 DNA analysis revealed that Otzi was lactose intolerant, this also supports