The reconstruction of the last itinerary of "Ötzi", the Neolithic Iceman, by pollen analyses from sequentially sampled gut extracts

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 26, Issue 7-8, 2007, Pages 853-861

  Oeggl, Klaus ^a   Kofler, Werner ^a   Schmidl, Alexandra ^a   Dickson, James H ^b   Egarter Vigl, Eduard ^c   Gaber, Othmar ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^c General Hospital of Bozen   (Italy)

^d INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; EXTRACTION; GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; GLACIERS; SAMPLING;

ALPINE PASTURES; GUT EXTRACTS; HABITATS; POLLENS;

ICE PROBLEMS;

FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; LIFESTYLE; NEOLITHIC; PALYNOLOGY; PASTURE; TIMBER;

ALPS; CENTRAL ALPS; EURASIA; EUROPE; OTZTAL ALPS;

ALISMATACEAE;

EID: 34248151008     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2006.12.007     Document Type: Article

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