Ötzi is a 5,300 year old iceman,that was found in the Italian alps. Many theories have arose about how he could have died. The most plausible way to explain his death is that he was killed by a member of his own tribe.Many clues are given about Ötzis murder through his belongings, including his copper ax, his backpack, and arrowhead in his back. "From that moment on, I saw that we would spend a lot of time studying this man and his equipment," archaeologist Konrad Spindler said "This is one of the most remarkable archaeological discoveries of the century."
The copper ax being left behind gives many hints to the unsolved mystery of the iceman’s death. “ The copper ax suggests that Ötzi was a rich and important person in his culture” said David Getze. If Ötzi was killed by an opposing tribe, the killer would have taken the copper ax. They would have done so, to prove their exceptional skills as a warrior and marksman. They would have also done so to bring them and their family great…show more content… "A lot was lost," says Dr. Markus Egg, an archaeologist at the Roman-Germanic Central Museum in Mainz, Germany, "For example, we don't know how the backpack was worn-over the head or over the shoulder. And the quiver has no strap to indicate how it was carried." If Ötzis killer was from a different tribe, he would have not cared about how Ötzis stuff was placed. The killer would have most likely have used it as his own instead of leaving it to soon be destroyed by the movement of the glaciers. If Ötzi was killed by someone in same tribe as him , they would have been careful not to leave any evidence of murder. The killer laid all of Ötzi’s stuff out to make it seem, to anyone that was to find him, that it was a sacrificial offering. Which explains why Ötzi’s stuff was so far away from
