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Article: Science, Politics and the Tyrolean Ice Man. (Reviews).
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- Contemporary Review
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- February 1, 2002
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Icemnan: Uncovering the Life and Times of a Prehistoric Man Found in an Alpine Glacier. Brenda Fowler. Macmillan. [pound sterling]20.00. ISBN 0-333-90178-9.
In September 1991, two German tourists made one of the most startling archaeological discoveries of the twentieth century. Trekking through the Tyrolean Alps, Helmut and Erika Simon happened across a corpse. Initially this was assumed to be the body of a skier or climber but once it had been recovered from the mountain and taken to Innsbruck, the local medical examiner suspected that it might be of archaeological interest and called Professor Konrad Spindler at Innsbruck University. Following his initial ...