NDLI: Remains of grasses found with the Neolithic Iceman “Ötzi”

Content Provider	Springer Nature Link
Author	Acs, Peter Wilhalm, Thomas Oeggl, Klaus
Copyright Year	2005
Abstract	The plant remains from the discovery site of the Iceman include a large quantity of grass, from which parts of his clothing were also made. His cape consists of bundles of Brachypodium pinnatum tied with Tilia bast fibres, and the hay used as insulating material in his shoes consists of several species, such as Avenella flexuosa, Avenula versicolor/pubescens, Festuca spec., Nardus stricta and Brachypodium pinnatum. Most probably, these grasses were collected in subalpine matt-grass communities. Additionally, the birch bark vessel found beside the body contained pieces of Molinia caerulea. Grass fragments were evenly distributed all over his equipment as well as in the ice of the gully in which the Iceman was embedded. This implies that the ice in the gully thawed at least once between 3300 and 800 b.c. and the find assemblage was floating in the melt water.
Starting Page	198
Ending Page	206
Page Count	9
File Format	PDF
ISSN	09396314
Journal	Vegetation History and Archaeobotany
Volume Number	14
Issue Number	3
e-ISSN	16176278
Language	English
Publisher	Springer-Verlag
Publisher Date	2005-09-14
Publisher Place	Berlin, Heidelberg
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Iceman Glacier mummy Ötzi Neolithic Alps Austria Italy Poaceae Anthropology Geology
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Plant Science Archeology (arts and humanities) Paleontology

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Remains of grasses found with the Neolithic Iceman “Ötzi”