ANTHROP 1AA3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Frostbite, Multispectral Image
2 Oct 2016
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Anthro 1aa3 friday, september 9, 2016 movie and reading. Body of man who died more than 5000 yrs ago: gruesome discovery turned archeological find into a murder investigation. Entombed in a glacier pathologist eduard agart vigl keep iceman preserved: every month examines body for deterioration spray it with sterilized water to keep it from drying out. In june 2001 he x-rayed the body and discovered that he was murderd. September 1991 - couple was walking on the alps and found the body near austrian and. Archaeologist konrad spindler looked at the body: articles found with body is what made it simple to date the body, suspects is could be 1000s years old 5300 yrs old, oldest frozen body ever found. Was in his 40s from bones named ertsy near region where he was found. Never seen a mummy where so much detail and emotion is preserved. Articles found show axes, arrows, a knife in a pouch, etc.
