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Isotope language of the Alpine Iceman investigated with AMS and MS

Date

Authors

Kutt, Elizabeth

Mueller, Wolfgang

Publisher

Elsevier

Abstract

This paper reviews the use of stable and radioactive isotopes to elucidate an extraordinary archaeological find, the Alpine Iceman "Ötzi". In 1991 the body of this man was accidentally discovered in an ice-filled depression at a high-altitude mountain pa

Keywords

Keywords: Climate change; Inductively coupled plasma; Ionization; Mass spectrometry; Particle accelerators; Ice-filled depression; Radioisotopes Dating of human and botanical remains, climate variation; Radiocarbon, AMS; Stable and radiogenic isotopes, MC-ICPMS, TIMS; Tracing of human origin

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/1885/74770

Collections

ANU Research Publications

Source

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research: Section B

Type

Journal article

DOI

10.1016/S0168-583X(03)00491-9

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