The man in the ice: results from radiocarbon dating

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Abstract

In September 1991, a mummified corpse was found in a small rock depression at the Hauslabjoch, which is located in the Ötztal Alps (part of Similaun Massiv), South-Tyrol, Italy. To determine the absolute age of the Ice Man, different samples were radiocarbon dated with AMS. In this work all available radiocarbon dates are compared and summarized to determine the age of the Ice Man. The resulting time range for the Ice Man is then compared with the period of Late and Final Neolithic cultures in the Northern and Southern Alps. This allows a possible assignment to the cultural origin of the Ice Man.

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