Otzi The Iceman Analysis

Historians maybe interested in Otzi the iceman because of his types and age of his tools and weapons. First we will start out talking about how historians maybe interested in Otzi’s tools. Otzi copper axe is one of the most talked about tool. The axe was made from a trunk of a yew tree that had a right angled branch on it. The copper blade was fitted at the end of the right angel and was secured with leather bindings and was coated with birch tar. The main reason historian may think this axe is interesting because the axe was made from the trunk of a yew tree instead of an ash tree which most copper axe where made up at this time. The next tool is Otzi’s backpack. All thou only pieces were found of Otzi’s backpack some pieces that were found

did resemble a strap of a backpack. More piece were later found that helped discovers find out that his backpack was made up of hide and was attached to the strap with grass string. The next part about Otzi that may have historians interested is his weapons. The first weapon was the flit knife. The knife was had a wooden handle with a blade that was only 5 inches long. Historians may find this interesting because compare to today’s knife Otzi’s was the blade was fairly short and may have seen too small to be effective. The knife was small; however, the knife was probably not that hard to kept sharp and it could also help Otzi start a fire if need be. The second weapon is Otzi bow and arrows. The bow was made from a yew tree like his axe. The arrows were viburnum sapwood with a flint arrow head, but only 2 out of 14 of the arrows where finished. This lead to a thought why did Otzi not finish all his arrows. These are the reason I think that historian’s would be interested about Otzi’s tools and his weapons and how they were made.