Iceman+DW

1. How did nature mummify and preserve the iceman's body? Because hews in the ice and snow the cold temperatures literally removed all liquid from the cells. The cell then never started to decay 2. Why was it so important that the scientists move quickly given your answer to #1 (think about bacteria). They have to move very quickly because as the temperature of the mummy increase the body would begin to dacay ans the preservation of the body in compromised. 3. What was the iceman's last meal and where did he consume it? They found found a lot or hop horn bean plants. The pollen was supposed to go through three feet every hour and it was 27 feet inside of the icemans body. THey found swiss apoola blind and it only sprouts during spring so they know he was killed during spring. .4. Where did the iceman's journey begin? What clues help scientist determine this origin? They used botanical scientist to use vegetation to determine where he came from. They noticed that the arrows the ice man had matched the dogwood trees in Italy. 5. What do scientists think the iceman's role was in his village? They think he was a spedard in the community and he was killed for his livestock. Now they believe that he was a leader in the community. They found little degeneration in the joints. They found more the 59 tattoos whcih would lead to making him a shaman. 6. What was determined to be his cause of death and what clues help the scientists reach this conclusion? They found the arrown head but i did not hit tany main organs so it might not have killed him. THe arrow head was very close to a main atrery which cause a hemerage and was the cause of death. They look fr a scar of and open cut if its open then the COD came from the arrow head.