These are the equipments he had:
1. A longbow made of yew
2. A chamois hide quiver
3. Fourteen arrows (only two finished)
1. A longbow made of yew
2. A chamois hide quiver
3. Fourteen arrows (only two finished)
4. A copper axe
5. A flint-bladed dagger with a woven sheath
6. A tool for sharpening (retouching) flint
7. A larch wood frame and cords of a backpack (pannier)
8. Ibex bones
9. Two birch-bark cylinders
10. A calf leather belt pouch
11. A tassel made with a white marble bead and twisted hide strips
12. Two pieces of birch fungus (each threaded with hide strips)
13. Other tools
Descriptions of his equipments
The Scientists were thrilled to find the prehistoric axe. This is because this axe the only complete prehistoric axe ever discovered.
The axe is about two feet in length; it was made from a portion of the trunk of a yew tree where a right-angled branch grew. The haft of the axe, which is the handle, came from the trunk of the tree; the shaft, which is the part onto which the copper blade was fitted in, came from the branch. They are naturally joined. This allowed maximum durability. Most copper age axes are made from ash wood (Otzi's was the first one to be found made from yew). The copper blade was fitted into the shaft and wrapped with a leather binding; the binding was coated with birch tar. The shaft was forked at the end (about 3 inches or 7.5 centimeters long). This prehistoric axe blade is extended out of the leather binding about one inch or 2.5 centimeters in length.
The axe would be used quite differently from a modern one: three chops of the Iceman's axe would equal one swing from a modern one. Scientists even reconstructed his ax to make sure that it would work. It took 45 minutes, but a man was able to chop down a yew tree using the axe.
The dagger and sheath is the Iceman's knife, which was only 5 inches or 12.5 centimeters in length. Its flint blade resembles as an arrowhead; it was driven into the wooden handle. Since the handle split when the blade was attached, someone had tied the handle securely together with sinew, animal tendon. The sheath was woven from lime bastes.
The birch fungus medicine was known to be the most unusual possession, according to many scientists, was Ötzi’s medicine. At first, researchers thought that the "two walnut-sized lumps with a consistency somewhere between cork and leather". This statement was according on what author John Noble Wilford said. He believed that this was not medicine at all. He concluded that this material was used to start fires. However, anthropologist Luigi Capasso reported that the material was actually a birch fungus used as a laxative and as a natural antibiotic. Since the Iceman was believed to have intestinal parasites, this medicine might have been a helpful remedy for Ötzi.
The flint sharpener of what is called the retoucheur, is made from the antler tip in the background.
The flint sharpener or retouching tool (also called a retoucheur). The handle is made from lime wood, with a small piece of deer antler (hardened by fire) inserted at the tip of the tool.
5. A flint-bladed dagger with a woven sheath
6. A tool for sharpening (retouching) flint
7. A larch wood frame and cords of a backpack (pannier)
8. Ibex bones
9. Two birch-bark cylinders
10. A calf leather belt pouch
11. A tassel made with a white marble bead and twisted hide strips
12. Two pieces of birch fungus (each threaded with hide strips)
13. Other tools
Descriptions of his equipments
The Scientists were thrilled to find the prehistoric axe. This is because this axe the only complete prehistoric axe ever discovered.
The axe is about two feet in length; it was made from a portion of the trunk of a yew tree where a right-angled branch grew. The haft of the axe, which is the handle, came from the trunk of the tree; the shaft, which is the part onto which the copper blade was fitted in, came from the branch. They are naturally joined. This allowed maximum durability. Most copper age axes are made from ash wood (Otzi's was the first one to be found made from yew). The copper blade was fitted into the shaft and wrapped with a leather binding; the binding was coated with birch tar. The shaft was forked at the end (about 3 inches or 7.5 centimeters long). This prehistoric axe blade is extended out of the leather binding about one inch or 2.5 centimeters in length.
The axe would be used quite differently from a modern one: three chops of the Iceman's axe would equal one swing from a modern one. Scientists even reconstructed his ax to make sure that it would work. It took 45 minutes, but a man was able to chop down a yew tree using the axe.
The dagger and sheath is the Iceman's knife, which was only 5 inches or 12.5 centimeters in length. Its flint blade resembles as an arrowhead; it was driven into the wooden handle. Since the handle split when the blade was attached, someone had tied the handle securely together with sinew, animal tendon. The sheath was woven from lime bastes.
The birch fungus medicine was known to be the most unusual possession, according to many scientists, was Ötzi’s medicine. At first, researchers thought that the "two walnut-sized lumps with a consistency somewhere between cork and leather". This statement was according on what author John Noble Wilford said. He believed that this was not medicine at all. He concluded that this material was used to start fires. However, anthropologist Luigi Capasso reported that the material was actually a birch fungus used as a laxative and as a natural antibiotic. Since the Iceman was believed to have intestinal parasites, this medicine might have been a helpful remedy for Ötzi.
The flint sharpener of what is called the retoucheur, is made from the antler tip in the background.
The flint sharpener or retouching tool (also called a retoucheur). The handle is made from lime wood, with a small piece of deer antler (hardened by fire) inserted at the tip of the tool.
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