ice+man+lpo

1. How did nature mummify and preserve the iceman's body? -The cold froze the body and stopped decomposition. The air dried the body removing all the liquid leaving everything intact including the cell walls

2. Why was it so important that the scientists move quickly given your answer to #1 (think about bacteria). -If the body starts to melt than the decomposition would begin

3. What was the iceman's last meal and where did he consume it? - Hophorn bean plant

4. Where did the iceman's journey begin? What clues help scientist determine this origin? -they check the vegetation in Italy to the the iceman's bow and arrow -the Hophorn bean plant in the iceman's stomach that linked him to Italy - he had to have past a Hophorn bean region within 6-10 hrs before his death - he started his last journey in Katarinaburgh - He died in late June: because of the pollen found in his body

5. What do scientists think the iceman's role was in his village? - a leader in the village because their is no damage in his bones that would be evident due to labor and physical use - he has over 50 tattoos and this would show he was a religious leader

6. What was determined to be his cause of death and what clues help the scientists reach this conclusion? - An arrow in his back that left an arrowhead in his back -this arrow could have severed the artery in the back - the wound never healed so it is the cause of death