The Iceman and his Natural Environment Palaeobotanical Results

Before the discovery of the "Man in the Ice" in temporal context. On the other hand the reconstruc­ tion of the Iceman's life-style as derived from data September 1991, little was known about the Neolithic obtained from the site has to be correlated with inde­ period in the Central Al...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Bortenschlager, Sigmar (Editor), Oeggl, Klaus (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Vienna Springer Vienna 2000, 2000
Edition:1st ed. 2000
Series:The Man in the Ice
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Collection: Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Radiocarbon dating of equipment from the Iceman
  • The Iceman’s environment
  • The amount of CO2 in the air breathed by the Iceman
  • Dendrological analyses of artefacts and other remains
  • The bow of thelyrolean Iceman: A dendrological investigation by computed tomography
  • Analysis of the bast used by the Iceman as binding material
  • Bryology and the Iceman: Chorology, Ecology and Ethnobotany of the Mosses Neckera complanata Hedw. and N. crispa Hedw.
  • The diet of the Iceman
  • Diatoms from the colon of the Iceman.
  • Parasitological examination of the Iceman
  • Vivianite from the Iceman of the Tisenjoch (Tyrol, Austria): Mineralogical-chemical data
  • Ethnomycological remarks on the Iceman’s fungi
  • Contribution to insect remains from the accompanying equipment of the Iceman
  • Compilation of DNA sequences from the Iceman’s grass clothing
  • Epilogue: The search for explanations and future Developments