A small team of researchers has found evidence that in the original story of Ötzi, the Iceman
In 1991, a couple of German tourists stumbled uponthe remains of a man frozen in ice in the Ötztal Alps. Examination of the remains showed that the man lived about 5,300 years ago. During further research, experts found wounds on his body. Everything indicated that the man had been killed.
Konrad Spindler, Austrian archaeologistpublished a theory explaining how Ötzi's remains were able to survive for so long. He speculated that the body dried up in a freezing process and then ended up locked under a glacier, where it was kept in the cold for thousands of years. His remains were found only because of the warming caused by climate change. The ice in which he was frozen simply melted.
Above: plan of the site where Ötzi was found.The excavation map shows a mummy with a flint dagger at his hip; a fur hat at the foot of the boulder where he lay; quiver (upper left); and bow, ax and backpack frame (bottom left). Below: profile section of the find site. The Holocene: Holocene (2022). DOI: 10.1177/09596836221126133
Now scientists have expressed disagreement with the theorySpindler. The only thing they agreed on was the cause of death. First, an analysis of the remains of food in Ötzi's stomach showed that the man died in the spring, not in the fall. Secondly, the study of the landscape showed that the remains were not covered by a glacier. This means that Ötzi melted and froze back many times, there was no “time capsule”. Experts also found evidence that the remains of an ancient man were immersed in water several times.
All this suggests that weapons and toolsThe Ötzi, found next to the man, was damaged by the elements, and not by the struggle with an unknown enemy. The researchers also proved that the ancient man died not where he was found, in a ravine. Instead, his body was blown off the mountain by natural environmental processes.
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On the cover: Ötzi the ice man at the find site, courtesy of the South Tyrol Museum of Archaeology