New releases on Otzi the Iceman

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http://www.archaeology.org/news/4865-160926-otzi-murder-theory

"Seeker reports that Angelika Fleckinger, the director of the South Tyrol Museum of Archaeology, requested that chief inspector Alexander Horn of Munich’s Criminal Investigation Department research a possible scenario for the death of the 5,300-year-old frozen mummy known as Ötzi the Iceman. Horn evaluated information from the forensic medical examinations conducted on the mummy’s remains, and used behavioral investigative analysis to analyze records of the ancient “crime scene.” He suggests that Ötzi was resting in the mountains, where he had eaten a hearty meal of wild goat, when he was taken by surprise and shot in the shoulder with an arrow. Another injury, to his right hand, may have been inflicted a few days prior to his murder. “Since no other injuries could be found, we believe he came out as a winner from that hostile encounter,” Horn said. The loser, however, may have carried a grudge and pursued Ötzi. And, since Ötzi's mummy was found with his valuable copper ax, made with materials from southern Tuscany, theft was an unlikely motive for the murder. “A personal conflict is more likely,” Horn said. “We are talking of a behavioral pattern that is also prevalent today in most murder cases. It starts with little things and it grows to the extreme.”

All due respect to Dr. Fleckinger and Inspector Horn, we figured this out a long time ago.

As I said on another thread, this group is doling out the information at a yes, glacial, pace. :)

There's also this:

See:
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/09/160923140105.htm

"[FONT=&quot]The copper used to make Ötzi's axe blade did not come from the Alpine region as had previously been supposed, but from ore mined in southern Tuscany. Ötzi was probably not involved in working the metal himself, as the high levels of arsenic and copper found in his hair had, until now, led us to assume. His murder over 5,000 years ago seems to have been brought about due to a personal conflict a few days before his demise, and the man from the ice, despite his normal weight and active life-style, suffered from extensive vascular calcification."

I may be mistaken, but I thought there had already been leaks about this.[/FONT]
 
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1879981718300883

Possible evidence for care and treatment in the Tyrolean Iceman

Abstract
The Tyrolean Iceman is the world’s oldest glacier mummy. He was found in September 1991 in the Italian part of the Ötztal Alps. Since his discovery a variety of morphological, radiological and molecular analyses have been performed that revealed detailed insights into his state of health. Despite the various pathological conditions found in the Iceman, little is known about possible forms of care and treatment during the Copper Age in Northern Italy. A possible approach to this topic is the presence of tattoos on the mummified body. In previous work, it was already believed that the tattoos were administered as a kind of treatment for his lower back pain and degenerative joint disease of his knees, hip and wrist. In other studies, the tattoos of the Iceman have been related to an early form of acupuncture. We carefully re-evaluated the various health issues of the Iceman, including joint diseases, gastrointestinal problems and arterial calcifications and compared them to the location and number of tattoos. Together with the finding of medically effective fungi and plants, such as the birch polypore or fern in his equipment and intestines, we suggest that care and treatment was already common during the Iceman’s time.
 
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1879981718300883
Possible evidence for care and treatment in the Tyrolean Iceman
Abstract
The Tyrolean Iceman is the world’s oldest glacier mummy. He was found in September 1991 in the Italian part of the Ötztal Alps. Since his discovery a variety of morphological, radiological and molecular analyses have been performed that revealed detailed insights into his state of health. Despite the various pathological conditions found in the Iceman, little is known about possible forms of care and treatment during the Copper Age in Northern Italy. A possible approach to this topic is the presence of tattoos on the mummified body. In previous work, it was already believed that the tattoos were administered as a kind of treatment for his lower back pain and degenerative joint disease of his knees, hip and wrist. In other studies, the tattoos of the Iceman have been related to an early form of acupuncture. We carefully re-evaluated the various health issues of the Iceman, including joint diseases, gastrointestinal problems and arterial calcifications and compared them to the location and number of tattoos. Together with the finding of medically effective fungi and plants, such as the birch polypore or fern in his equipment and intestines, we suggest that care and treatment was already common during the Iceman’s time.

Zink is living in a freaking time warp. It will take him 40 years to publish all the data, and in the meantime it will all be behind paywalls. :)
 
“The first major ancient Alpine find to emerge from the melting ice was the discovery in 1991 of "Oetzi," a 5,300-year-old warrior whose body had been preserved inside an Alpine glacier in the Italian Tyrol region.
Theories that he may have been a rare example of a prehistoric human venturing into the Alps have been belied by findings since of numerous ancient traces of people crossing high altitude mountain passes”

[h=1]'An Archaeological Emergency': Artifacts Are Emerging From Melting Alpine Glaciers’[/h]
https://www.sciencealert.com/melting-alpine-glaciers-yield-archaeologic-troves-but-clock-ticking
 
“The first major ancient Alpine find to emerge from the melting ice was the discovery in 1991 of "Oetzi," a 5,300-year-old warrior whose body had been preserved inside an Alpine glacier in the Italian Tyrol region.
Theories that he may have been a rare example of a prehistoric human venturing into the Alps have been belied by findings since of numerous ancient traces of people crossing high altitude mountain passes”

'An Archaeological Emergency': Artifacts Are Emerging From Melting Alpine Glaciers’


https://www.sciencealert.com/melting-alpine-glaciers-yield-archaeologic-troves-but-clock-ticking

Arctic Adaptation:

... A specific genetic factor found among people with ancestry closer to the Arctic may help cope with cooler temperatures...

https://journals.plos.org/plosgenetics/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pgen.1007298&type=printable


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