OTZI, THE ICEMAN-PALEO CRIME SCENE

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OTZI, THE ICEMAN-PALEO CRIME SCENE
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• 5,000 YEARS OLD NEOLITHIC HUNTER

Date
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What do we know about Otzi?

• 46 years old
• 5 2
• 57 tattoos
• acupunctures points on his back
• healing hand wound
• small and sinewy

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More about Otzis Tattoos

• . Black and blue tattoos running along Otzis
  back, right knee and left ankle
• Stripes and crosses
• Similar tattoos found in Siberian and South
  American mummies

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Otzis Tattoos
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Theories-Who was Otzi?

• A Sheppard?
• A shaman?
• A victim of ritual sacrifice?
• A vegan?

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HOW AND WHY DID HE DIE?

• WHAT TOOLS WILL WE USE TO DETERMINE WHY AND HOW
  OTZI WAS KILLED?

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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?

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Support how and why you think Otzi died with
evidence
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Otzi and His Things
8.4.8.B Illustrate how historical documents,
artifacts, and sites are critical to world
history.
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Rib Fracture and Strange Object in Otzis Shoulder
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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

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Why the journey?
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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
• Otzi had arthritis

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Evidence and Crime Scene

• The precious copper-bladed axe was not taken
• Human blood from 4 individuals was found on his
  garments

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Otzi and his things
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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

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Artifacts found on and near Otzi

• grass cloak

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2013 Artists New Interpretation of Otzi
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Where was Otzi from?

• Otzi was from a community in the Otz Valley
• Evidence
• Isotopes in his teeth and throughout his body
  were found to be from the Otz Valley
• Otzi carried moss that grows in the Otz Valley

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Who was Otzi?

• Otzi was the leader of his clan
• Evidence
• The copper headed axe

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How did Otzi die?

• Otzi was killed by a group of people from his
  clan who wanted to take over the leadership of
  the clan.
• Evidence
• There had been an attack on him 2 weeks before
  his death which he fought off. It left his with
  a healing hand would and the blood of 4
  individuals on his cloak.
• They didnt take his copper-headed axe because
  the clan would have suspected something if Otzi
  was missing and these people who were now running
  the clan had the axe.

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Was this a premeditated murder?

• Yes, these people waited to ambush Otzi and
  killed him to become leaders of the clas.
• Evidence
• Otzi thought after successfully ending the 1st
  attack that the threat to his life was over.
• 2 weeks later he realized this was not the case
  and had to quickly run into hiding
• Evidence
• He left with unfinished arrows.

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Why did Otzi journey into the Alps?

• Otzi was running from his attackers
• Evidence
• Otzi first went quickly up to 6500 ft, remnants
  of the coniferous forest in the area were on
  Otzi, he was hiding from his attackers
• He then, perhaps looking for food descended into
  a lower area of the mountains where his body was
  found and this is where was killed.

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What killed Otzi?

• The C-T skan detected an object between his left
  shoulder and chest.
• This is where Neolithic people would aim when
  hunting their prey to kill them quickly.
• Otzi was killed by this arrow and then fell and
  bumped his head which is why there are signs of
  head trauma.

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Why did Otzi have tattoos?

• Otzi had tattoos to indicate where he should use
  acupuncture.
• Evidence
• Otzis tattoos correspond to traditional
  acupuncture points on the body
• Otzi was suffering from the whipworm parasite
  which would have given him stomach pains.
  (Chemists report)
• Otzi was suffering from arthritis (C-T skan)