1. OTZI, THE ICEMAN-PALEO CRIME SCENE
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OTZI, THE ICEMAN-PALEO CRIME SCENE
5,000 YEARS OLD NEOLITHIC HUNTER
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2. What do we know about Otzi?
46 years old
5’ 2”
57 tattoos
acupunctures points on his back
healing hand wound
small and sinewy

3. More about Otzi’s Tattoos
. Black and blue tattoos running along Otzi’s back, right knee and left ankle
Stripes and crosses
Similar tattoos found in Siberian and South American mummies

4. Otzi’s Tattoos

5. Theories-Who was Otzi? A Sheppard? A shaman?
A victim of ritual sacrifice?
A vegan?

6. HOW AND WHY DID HE DIE?
WHAT TOOLS WILL WE USE TO DETERMINE WHY AND HOW OTZI WAS KILLED?

7. How did Otzi die? Sickness? Victim of ritual sacrifice? Exposure?
Murder - Was this a highwayman after riches?
Murder - Was he stalked and killed? If so why?

8. Support how and why you think Otzi died with evidence

9. Otzi and His Things
8.4.8.B:
Illustrate how historical documents, artifacts, and sites are critical to world history.

10. Rib Fracture and Strange Object in Otzi’s Shoulder10

11. Movements of the Victim
Otzi went from a lower altitude, from whence came the moss he wrapped food in
He then travelled to a higher altitude, 6500 feet in all, remnants of the coniferous forests in this area where on his person
He then descended in the lower altitudes thus the remnants of the pine forest from this region 11

12. Why the journey?

13. Evidence and Crime Scene
Not well- whip worm parasite in his intestine
recently ate wild goat and plants; his last meal was red dear and grain, probably cooked on an open fire because of the charcoal in his intestine
isotopes in his teeth and intestine match that found in the soil of the lower valley

14. Evidence and Crime Scene
The precious copper-bladed axe was not taken
Human blood from 4 individuals was found on his garments

15. Otzi and his things

16. Artifacts found on and near Otzi
14 arrows only 2 finished, many for a left-handed archer, Otzi was right-handed
flint-tipped dagger and grass-woven sheath
fire starting kit, (birch container holding embers wrapped in maple leaves)
unarmed
unfinished longbow
rare copper-bladed axe
grab

17. Artifacts found on and near Otzi
grass cloak

18. 2013 Artists “New” Interpretation of Otzi