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Unformatted text preview: had it melt faster, ice was gone first excavation used ski poles o thought was recent murder victim o lost some bones/broke some bones because of bad excavations o let the body thaw out o 120 pounds 52 54 ancient murder victim, arrowhead in collarbone died 900 years before pyramids where built perfectly preserved shoes, belt, trousers, shirt o also has pouches with herbs and arrowheads o tattoos 2000 BC When things like this are found: Tourist trade cashes in: o Ice cream o wine o chocolate What would you do to excavate iceman Biological anthropologist Horizontal/vertical excavation o Need context o Guy and equipment Geologist Glacial spet Special environment in which your excavating Cut out the entire section of ice...
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This note was uploaded on 03/16/2011 for the course ANTH 118 taught by Professor Blomster during the Fall '10 term at GWU.
- Fall '10