ÖMG: Ötzi the Iceman - Dirt 154

ÖMG: Ötzi the Iceman - Dirt 154

APN - Anna and Amber

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It’s the episode title that’s been making us giggle for months! We’re FINALLY examining the famous Chalcolithic ice-mummy just in time for the 30th anniversary of hikers stumbling upon his body. We’ll explore the archaeological methods and evidence that tell us about who Ötzi was, what his life was like, and how he died. Umlauts will, no doubt, abound.

Links

• Chalcolithic Europe (Wikipedia)

• Scientists Reconstruct the Glacial Conditions During Ötzi the Iceman’s Lifetime (Columbia Climate School)

• Chalcolithic Period: The Beginnings of Copper Metallurgy (ThoughtCo)

• Ötzi, the Iceman (ThoughtCo)

• What We Can Learn From Ötzi the Iceman’s Hunting Pack (Smithsonian)

• DNA Analysis Reveals What Ötzi the Iceman Wore to His Grave (Smithsonian)

• Before He Died, Ötzi the Iceman Ate a Greasy, Fatty Meal (Smithsonian)

• Lactose Intolerant, Before Milk Was on Menu (New York Times)

• Mosses Expand the Story of Ötzi the Iceman’s Final Journey (Smithsonian)

• Frozen moss reveals fatal final journey of 5,300-year-old ice mummy (CNN)

• Scientists Have Mapped All of Ötzi the Iceman's 61 Tattoos (Discover) [cn: images of human remains]

• Who Killed the Iceman? Clues Emerge in a Very Cold Case (New York Times)

• Hear the Recreated Voice of Ötzi the Iceman (Smithsonian)

• Ötzi the Iceman: Examining New Evidence from the Famous Copper Age Mummy (Expedition)

• Ötzi, the Iceman (Archaeology) [cn: images of human remains]

• 13 Cool Facts About Ötzi the Iceman (Mental Floss)

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