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- catalog abstract ""On a warm September day in 1991, two German hikers stumbled upon a frozen, intact body melting out of the remains of a glacier in the Tyrolean Alps. Over the next few days, as a parade of often irreverent visitors poked and prodded the mummy-like corpse, curious items began to emerge from the ice: an ax with a metal blade, a longbow, finely stitched leather clothing, and, most astonishing of all - boots stuffed with grass. But only after the corpse was recovered and taken for an autopsy to the medical examiner in Innsbruck, Austria, did a vigilant archaeologist recognize that this was no ordinary dead body." "Iceman is the story of the international scientific investigation launched to study the world's oldest naturally preserved human corpse and the astounding cache of prehistoric personal effects found with it. The dramatic narrative takes us from the day of the Iceman's discovery through eight years of scientific investigation, political intrigue, bizarre theories, and ravenous media coverage" "Iceman is not merely a compendium of data but the story of the forces that produced and shaped them. At times, debates over who owned the Iceman and what should be done with him overshadowed the research. Brenda Fowler chronicles the scientists' squabbles and ego trips and the unexpected twists in the research, including the claim that the Iceman was a fraud and the mystery of his missing penis. Along the way, the authority of science is powerfully questioned and then, largely, reaffirmed in a surprise ending that has already led to a reexamination of the Iceman's final hours and his five millennia in the ice."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b11651413.
- catalog coverage "Alps Antiquities.".
- catalog coverage "Hauslabjoch Pass (Italy) Antiquities.".
- catalog created "c2000.".
- catalog date "2000".
- catalog date "c2000.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2000.".
- catalog description ""On a warm September day in 1991, two German hikers stumbled upon a frozen, intact body melting out of the remains of a glacier in the Tyrolean Alps. Over the next few days, as a parade of often irreverent visitors poked and prodded the mummy-like corpse, curious items began to emerge from the ice: an ax with a metal blade, a longbow, finely stitched leather clothing, and, most astonishing of all - boots stuffed with grass. But only after the corpse was recovered and taken for an autopsy to the medical examiner in Innsbruck, Austria, did a vigilant archaeologist recognize that this was no ordinary dead body." "Iceman is the story of the international scientific investigation launched to study the world's oldest naturally preserved human corpse and the astounding cache of prehistoric personal effects found with it. The dramatic narrative takes us from the day of the Iceman's discovery through eight years of scientific investigation, political intrigue, bizarre theories, and ravenous media coverage" "Iceman is not merely a compendium of data but the story of the forces that produced and shaped them. At times, debates over who owned the Iceman and what should be done with him overshadowed the research. Brenda Fowler chronicles the scientists' squabbles and ego trips and the unexpected twists in the research, including the claim that the Iceman was a fraud and the mystery of his missing penis. Along the way, the authority of science is powerfully questioned and then, largely, reaffirmed in a surprise ending that has already led to a reexamination of the Iceman's final hours and his five millennia in the ice."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [287]-296).".
- catalog description "Prologue--No Room in the Helicopter -- The First to See It -- A Difficult Recovery -- A Great Moment for Science -- Italy is Watching -- Evidence of Distress -- The Mummy to Market -- A Castrated Egyptian -- Spindler's Story -- Expanding Markets -- "A Proper Forefather" -- The Place He Came to Lie.".
- catalog extent "xv, 313 p., [16] p. of plates :".
- catalog hasFormat "Iceman.".
- catalog identifier "0679431675 (hc. : alk. paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Iceman.".
- catalog issued "2000".
- catalog issued "c2000.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : Random House,".
- catalog relation "Iceman.".
- catalog spatial "Alps Antiquities.".
- catalog spatial "Alps.".
- catalog spatial "Hauslabjoch Pass (Italy) Antiquities.".
- catalog spatial "Italy Hauslabjoch Pass.".
- catalog spatial "Italy.".
- catalog subject "2000 E-984".
- catalog subject "937 21".
- catalog subject "Archaeology Italy.".
- catalog subject "Copper age Alps.".
- catalog subject "Copper age Italy Hauslabjoch Pass.".
- catalog subject "Excavations (Archaeology) Alps.".
- catalog subject "Freezing Italy.".
- catalog subject "GN 778.22.I8 F785i 2000".
- catalog subject "GN778.22.I8 F68 2000".
- catalog subject "History of Medicine Italy.".
- catalog subject "History, Ancient Italy.".
- catalog subject "Mummies Italy.".
- catalog subject "Mummies.".
- catalog subject "Neolithic period Alps.".
- catalog subject "Neolithic period Italy Hauslabjoch Pass.".
- catalog subject "Otzi (Ice mummy)".
- catalog tableOfContents "Prologue--No Room in the Helicopter -- The First to See It -- A Difficult Recovery -- A Great Moment for Science -- Italy is Watching -- Evidence of Distress -- The Mummy to Market -- A Castrated Egyptian -- Spindler's Story -- Expanding Markets -- "A Proper Forefather" -- The Place He Came to Lie.".
- catalog title "Iceman : uncovering the life and times of a prehistoric man found in an Alpine glacier / Brenda Fowler.".
- catalog type "text".