Originally Posted By: nursemike
Otzi, the original forum member. carried one knife.
It was made out of a rock.
He either traded or traveled hundreds of miles to get the particular rock, but it was a rock


Otzi also carried a nice copper axe. It was a rather luxurious tool back in that day.

www.iceman.it/en/equipment/

Isotope analysis on the copper revealed that the metal of Otzi's axe was mined in the mountains of Tuscany, in Central Italy, hundreds of miles south of the alpine pass where his body was discovered.


Edited by albusgrammaticus (11/07/19 07:09 PM)