![]() Such variability suggests an extensive provisioning network, not at all limited to the Lessini mountains, which was able to reach the local communities. One, or possibly two, sources derive from outcrops in the Trentino, specifically the Non Valley. The chert raw material of the small assemblage originates from at least three different areas of provenance in the Southalpine region. The interdisciplinary results achieved by study of the lithic raw material, technology, use-wear analysis, CT analysis and typology all add new information to Ötzi‘s individual history and his last days, and allow insights into the way of life of Alpine Copper Age communities. The present work examines the Iceman’s tools which are made from chert or are related to chert working - dagger, two arrowheads, endscraper, borer, small flake and antler retoucher - and considers also the arrowhead still embedded in the shoulder of the mummy. ![]() ![]() ![]() The Tyrolean Iceman, a 5,300-year-old glacier mummy recovered at the Tisenjoch (South Tyrol, Italy) together with his clothes and personal equipment, represents a unique opportunity for prehistoric research. ![]()
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