In a message dated 8/6/02 6:24:49 AM Pacific Daylight Time, [log in to unmask]
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> If I remember correctly, they found remnants of einkorn(ancient wheat?) in
> his stomach.
> Incidentally, a followup program on tv said the iceman was murdered...they
> found an arrow point in his upper back.
>
That's true, and since he was 5,300 years old and found on the
Italian-Austrian Alps he was undoubtedly living in a Neolithic culture.
He also carried a copper ax and suffered from arsenic poisening. <A HREF="http://dsc.discovery.com/convergence/iceman/iceman.html">Ultimate
Guide: Iceman -- Discovery Channel -- Discovery Feature</A>
http://dsc.discovery.com/convergence/iceman/iceman.html
Theresa