August 22, 2008
Oetzi the herdsman?
Oetzi the Iceman walked his last steps on Earth wearing moccasins made from cattle leather, according to German researchers who have disclosed the 5,300-year-old dress code of the world's oldest intact human mummy.Although who is to say, at this remove, that the line between herdsmen and hunters was so distinct? From Discovery News.The research, based on a hi-tech method of analyzing proteins, established that the famous Neolithic man did not dress like a hunter, but like a herdsman -- in clothes made from sheep and cattle hair.
Posted by David on August 22, 2008 4:03 PM
Your thought there is a useful reminder - projection on the past is a danerous tool!
Posted by: Michael Tinkler on August 23, 2008 7:45 AM
The poor Iceman can't get any rest. First he was a hunter, and now a herdsman. First, an accident killed him only to discover he likely bled to death from an arrow severing an artery (never mind a blow to his head). And now he is a herdsman and not only sheep, but cattle too all based on new tests of his clothing. I wonder if anyone bothered to look at the labels on the clotheing and possibly found "Made in China" making it likely he purchased everything at the first Wal-Mart.
Posted by: Donald Wolberg on August 24, 2008 11:21 PM
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