Resumen de The iceman as a buriel

A. Vanzetti, M. Vidale, M. Gallinaro, D.W. Frayer, L. Bondioli

• Since his discovery in 1991 the iceman has been widely seen as meeting a dramatic end -mortally wounded by an arrow shot while attempting to flee through an Alpine pass. A careful study of all the located grave goods, here planned comprehensively for the first time, points strongly towards the scene as one of a ceremonial burial, subsequently dispersed by thawing and gravity. The whole assemblage thus takes on another aspect- not a casual tragedy but a mortuary statement of its