Ötzi the Iceman and the Copper Age World

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Over five thousand years ago in the Tyrolean Alps, a hunter was shot to death in a high mountain pass. His body would be covered by a glacier and preserved until its discovery in 1991.

What can this unprecedented level of preservation tell us about not only Ötzi the Tyrolean Iceman… but the Copper Age world that he came from?

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New insights into the Tyrolean Iceman’s origin - A. Keller et al (2011)
Land use in the eastern alps during the bronze age - A. Schmidl (2005)
Neolithic and Bronze Age Archery Equipment from Alpine Ice - Junkmanns et al (2019)
Mobility in the Mountains: Late Third and Second Millennia Alpine Societies’ Engagements with the High-Altitude Zones in the Southern French Alps - K. Walsh and F. Mocci (2011)
The Iceman’s Last Meal - Maixner et al (2018)
Prehistoric landscapes of the Dolomites - Visentin (2015)
Seventy-five mosses and liverworts found frozen with the late Neolithic Tyrolean Iceman - James Dickson (2019)
Therapeutic Tattoos and Ancient Mummies - Dario Piombino-Mascali and Lars Krutak (2020)
Metal Casting Equipment in the Bronze Age Burials in Europe - А. V. Batasova (2021)
The Iceman’s lithic toolkit: Raw material, technology, typology and use - Ursula Wierer et al (2018)
The Late Neolithic settlement of Latsch, Vinschgau, northern Italy: subsistence of a settlement contemporary with the Alpine Iceman, and located in his valley of origin - Daniela Festi et al (2011)

(... and many more research papers)

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Video Chapters

00:00 Ötzi the Iceman
03:26 Sponsorship
04:30 Who was Ötzi?
05:07 Ötzi's Clothing
06:16 Ötzi's Gear
07:45 How old was Ötzi?
07:55 How big was Ötzi?
09:00 Ötzi's Diet
10:18 Ötzi's Medical Conditions
11:17 Ötzi's Tattoos
11:54 Ötzi's Health
14:05 What did Ötzi look like?
16:31 Was Ötzi a metalworker?
20:22 Was Ötzi a shepherd?
22:36 Was Ötzi vegetarian?
22:55 The Neolithic diet
24:37 Was Ötzi a hunter?
26:16 Was Ötzi a warrior?
27:50 Copper Age Europe
29:31 Where did Ötzi live?
31:00 What culture did Ötzi come from?
34:24 Ötzi's DNA
35:07 Copper use in Neolithic Europe
36:06 the Oldest Wheels in the World
36:52 Ötzi's relatives
37:47 Ötzi's last hours - what actually happened?