The ICEMAN and the ALPS (this activity is adapted from slideshare.net accessed May 25, 2020)In 1991, hikers in the Alps found a dead body and notified theauthorities. They thought that person might have died on a recent hike,but extensive scientific testing revealed the body to be around 5,000years old! Since the “Iceman” was frozen for all this time, his bodyclothing, and tools were all preserved intact, giving us a rare glimpse ofwhat it must have been like to live in the Neolithic Era.The discovery of the Iceman has also given us a mystery to solve.The autopsy’ revealed many signs of violent death. When archaeologistsinquire about the past, the examined evidence and put it together to telltheir story. What story does it tell?
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The ICEMAN and the ALPS (this activity is adapted from slideshare.net accessed May 25, 2020)In 1991, hikers in the Alps found a dead body and notified theauthorities. They thought that person might have died on a recent hike,but extensive scientific testing revealed the body to be around 5,000years old! Since the “Iceman” was frozen for all this time, his bodyclothing, and tools were all preserved intact, giving us a rare glimpse ofwhat it must have been like to live in the Neolithic Era.The discovery of the Iceman has also given us a mystery to solve.The autopsy’ revealed many signs of violent death. When archaeologistsinquire about the past, the examined evidence and put it together to telltheir story. What story does it tell?
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