Prehistoric Cultures -- University of Minnesota Duluth

The Iceman
["Ötzi"]

"Feb. 25, 2011 -- Brown-eyed, bearded, furrow faced, and tired: this is how Ötzi the Iceman might have looked, according to the latest reconstruction based on 20 years of research and investigations." -- DiscoveryNews (25 February 2011)

"Ötzi" The Iceman

Brad Pitt appears to sport an Ötzi tattoo.
(Splash)

watch the video
Iceman Murder Mystery
online
(NOVA October, 2011)
Iceman Murder Mystery HomePage

The Iceman video guide
(56 min., 1992, UM DULUTH Library Multimedia GN778.22.I8 I23 1998 DVD)

Ötzi the Iceman -- Wikipedia

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The Iceman’s Ax

Ötzi, the Iceman

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In the News . . .

Ötzi the Iceman's Stomach Throws Up a Surprise -- NewScientist (12 December 2011)
Ice Mummy May Have Smashed Eye in Fall -- DiscoveryNews (21 November 2011)
A Rest, a Meal, Then Death for 5,000-Year-Old Glacier Mummy: Scientists Consolidate Results of Research Into Ötzi’s State of Health and His Death -- -- ScienceDaily (25 October 2011)
The Iceman's Last Meal: Goat -- Science News (22 August 2011)
Iceman's 'Girlfriend' Found -- DiscoveryNews (20 July 2011)
Iceman's Stomach Sampled—Filled With Goat Meat -- National Geographic News (23 June 2011)
The Iceman's Last Meal -- Science (20 June 2011)
Iceman Had Bad Teeth -- Discovery News (15 June 2011)
Model gives ancient Iceman Oetzi new face -- BBC News (228 February 2011
Pictures: Otzi the Iceman's New, Older Face Unveiled -- National Geographic New (25 February 2011)
The Iceman Mummy: Finally Face to Face -- Discovery News (25 February 2011)

Oetzi the Iceman May Have Been Buried, Says Team -- BBC News (25 August 2010)
Scientists decode 5,200-year-old Iceman's genes -- MSNBC (05 August 2010
Ötzi’s Secrets About to Be Revealed -- ScienceDaily (27 July 2010)
World's Oldest Tattoos Were Made of Soot -- New Scientist (15 July 2009)

Brad Pitt appears to sport an Ötzi tattoo.

Tattoo lines on the arm of the Tyrolean iceman, Ötzi.
(Image: © South Tyrol Museum of Archaeology / Eurac / Marco Samadelli / Gregor Staschitz)

Ötzi Finders Hit Pay Dirt, and Scientists Fret -- Science (24 June 2009)
Ötzi the Iceman: Up Close and Personal - New Scientist (2009-05-21)
- ceman photoscan website
'Iceman' Oetzi Attacked Twice, Suggests Study - Discovery News (2009-01-28)
- Ötzi’s Last Days: Glacier Man May Have Been Attacked Twice - Science Daily (2009-01-28)
- The First Aid: Iceman May Have Dressed His Own Wounds - Wired News (2008-12-01)
Iceman Mummy Had Moss in His Tummy - LiveScience (2008-12-01)
Wounded Iceman Made Epic Final Journey, Moss Shows - National Geographic News (2008-12-04)

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Anthropology in the News

Otzi the Iceman had six different kinds of mosses in his gut -- livescience.com (1 Dec 2008)

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From Anthropology in the News, Texas A&M Anthropology

Iceman May Have No Living Relatives National Geographic News (10/30/08)

Oetzi The Iceman May Be The Last In His Family NPR (10/30/08)
Ancient Mummy Has No Modern Children EurekAlert (10/30/08)
Ancient iceman Probably Has No Modern Relatives Reuters (10/30/08)
Complete Mitochondrial Genome of 5,000-Year-Old Mummy Yields Surprise EurekAlert (10/30/08)
Iceman Mummy Leaves Few Relatives MSNBC (10/30/08)
Ancient Mummy, The Tyrolean Iceman, Has No Modern Children Science Daily (11/1/08)
Otzi, the Prehistoric 'Iceman,' Probably Has No Modern Descendants Los Angeles Times (11/1/08)

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From Anthropology in the News -- Texas A&M Anthropology

Mummified Iceman's Ancient Job Determined LiveScience (8/20/08)

Oetzi the Iceman Dressed Like a Herdsman EurekAlert (8/20/08)
Iceman Wore Cattle, Sheep Hides; May Have Been a Herder National Geographic News (8/21/08)
Iceman Was a Herdsman, Scientists Say MSNBC (8/21/08)
Oetzi The Iceman Dressed Like A Herdsman Science Daily (8/21/08)
'Iceman' Oetzi's Clothes Suggest Shepherd Life Discovery News (8/22/08)

Whack to Head, Not Arrow, Killed Iceman Discovery News (8/30/07)

Ancient Murder Mystery Takes New Turn MSNBC (8/30/07)
Head Trauma Contributed to Iceman's Demise National Geographic News (8/31/07)

Iceman 'Bled to Death on Glacier' BBCNews (6/6/07)

Mystery of 5,000 Year Old Glacier Mummy Solved EurekAlert (6/6/07)
'Iceman' Died From Arrow, Study Says Discovery (6/6/07)
Cold Case Closed: 'Iceman' Mummy Bled to Death LiveScience (6/6/07)
Iceman Bled to Death, Scientists Say Guardian (6/7/07)
Iceman Bled Out From Arrow Wound, X-Ray Scan Reveals National Geographic News (6/7/07)

Infertility Link in Iceman's DNA BBCNews (2/03/06)

Italy's Frozen Mummy May Have Been Sterile ABC News (2/03/06)
Was Ancient ‘Iceman’ an Outcast? MSNBC (2/03/06)
Ötzi the Iceman Infertile Outcast? Discovery (2/06/06)

Ice Mummy's Curse Returns ANSA (11/4/05)

'Curse of the Iceman' Claims 6th Victim South Africa Independent (11/4/05)
Death as Iceman's Curse Cometh Australian (11/4/05)
'Ötzi Curse' Strikes Seventh Person Discovery News (11/4/05)
Death Renews Iceman 'Curse' Claim BBCNews (11/5/05)

Scientist Seen as Latest 'Victim' of Iceman Guardian (4/20/05)

Theory- Iceman Oetzi Wore High-Tech Shoe Discovery (2/21/05)

Alpine Iceman Reveals Stone Age Secrets Yahoo (2/22/05)
Alpine Iceman Reveals Stone Age Secrets MSNBC (2/22/05)
Alpine Iceman Reveals Stone Age Secrets CNN (2/23/05)
Ötzi , the Iceman South Tyrol Museum of Archaeology
Ultimate Guide- Iceman Discovery

Finder of 'Iceman' Found Dead in Austrian Alps Yahoo (10/23/04)

Iceman Discoverer Claims Reward BBC News (12/22/03)

Iceman's Mummy Gets a New Home Discovery (12/3/03)

Iceman Moves Into Chilly New Home CNN (12/4/03)

Iceman Mystery Solved BBCNews (10/31/03)

Deciphering the Origin, Travels of Iceman National Geographic News (10/30/03)
Was Ancient Alpine Iceman Killed in Battle? National Geographic News (10/30/03)
Geochemists Trace the Iceman’s Travels Scientific American (10/31/03)
Italian Iceman Stuck Close to Home CNN (10/30/03)
Scientists Reconstruct Life of ‘Iceman’ MSNBC (10/30/03)

Dozens of women want Bronze Age hunter's babies -- Ananova

A Stone Age Murder Mystery -- DISCOVER
AT 3000 METERS FATE MEETS WITH MYSTERY
Did "Iceman" of Alps Die as Human Sacrifice? -- National Geographic News
NEW HYPOTHESIS: ANCIENT 'ICEMAN' WAS RITUALLY KILLED -- The Washington Post
Scientists analyze Stone Age man's last meal
The Iceman -- University of Innsbruck Institut füer Anatomie, Austria
The Iceman's Last Meal -- Brenda Fowler
Mosses and the Iceman -- Jim Dickson
Ötzi's Last Journey -- Jim Dickson
The world, when the Iceman froze -- Jorn Barger

25 September 2000 The Iceman was slowly thawed to just above freezing to take samples for further research:
- Iceman's DNA May Reveal Ties to Modern Humans

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See also:

Alpine melt reveals ancient life -- (24 August 2008) -- BBCNews
Ancient African Dust Caused Red Soil in Southern Europe, New Research Reveals -- ScienceDaily (11 September 2010)
Blood clues to iceman's death (12 August 2003) -- BBCNews
Body size, body proportions, and mobility in the Tyrolean “Iceman” -- Christopher B. Ruff, Brigitte M. Holt, Vladimir Sládek, Margit Berner, William A. Murphy, Jr., Dieter zur Nedden, Horst Seidler andWolfgang Recheis, ScienceDirect (20 March 2006)
Death renews iceman 'curse' claim (5 November 2005) -- BBCNews
Examine the Iceman -- National Geographic
The Iceman's Last Meal -- Brenda Fowler, NOVA
Ice Mummies -- NOVA
- Reading the Remains
Last Hours of the Iceman (September 2007) -- Stephen S. Hall, National Geographic
Oetzi Iceman's Tattoos Came from Fireplace -- Jennifer Viegas, Discovery News (17 July 2009)
Ötzi the Iceman -- Ellie Crystal
Otzi, the 5,300 Year Old Iceman from the Alps: Pictures & Information -- James Neill
Ötzi: The Man in the Ice one of Discovering Archaeology's top ten discoveries of the 20^th century
Ötzi, the Austrian Iceman -- Arctic/Northern Culture
Ötzi – the Iceman Museum -- South Tyrol Museum of Archaeology
Ötzi's Final Moments, Italy, Eti Bonn-Muller, Archaeology, Vol. 61, No. 1, January/February 2008

Ötzi’s Last Days: Glacier Man May Have Been Attacked Twice -- ScienceDaily (04 February 2009)

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Iceman: Mummy from the Stone Age -- Discovery.com
- The Iceman's Body
- Stomach Contents
- Tattoos
- Clothing
- Hat
- Shoes
- Copper Ax
- Bow and Arrow
- Fire
- Food
- Medicine
- Dagger
"The Life of Ötzi the Iceman" -- NPR update, (31 September 2003)
Secrets of the Mummy -- The Why Files: Science Behind the News, University of Wisconsin
Springer Science+Business Media. "Iceman Oetzi's Last Supper." -- ScienceDaily 2 December 2008. 5 December 2008 <http://www.sciencedaily.com /releases/2008/12/081201101700.htm>

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Ötzi the Iceman
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