THE MAN IN THE ICE - RESULTS FROM RADIOCARBON DATING

Authors
PRINOTHFORNWAGNER R NIKLAUS TR
Citation
R. Prinothfornwagner et Tr. Niklaus, THE MAN IN THE ICE - RESULTS FROM RADIOCARBON DATING, Nuclear instruments & methods in physics research. Section B, Beam interactions with materials and atoms, 92(1-4), 1994, pp. 282-290
Citations number
21
Categorie Soggetti
Physics, Nuclear","Nuclear Sciences & Tecnology","Instument & Instrumentation
Journal title
Nuclear instruments & methods in physics research. Section B, Beam interactions with materials and atoms → ACNP
ISSN journal
0168583X
Volume
92
Issue
1-4
Year of publication
1994
Pages
282 - 290
Database
ISI
SICI code
0168-583X(1994)92:1-4<282:TMITI->2.0.ZU;2-E
Abstract
In September 1991, a mummified corpse was found in a small rock depres sion at the Hauslabjoch, which is located in the Otztal 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 th is work all available radiocarbon dates are compared and summarized to determine the age of the Ice Man. The resulting time range for the Ic e Man is then compared with the period of Late and Final Neolithic cul tures in the Northern and Southern Alps. This allows a possible assign ment to the cultural origin of the Ice Man.