In 1991 the remains of a 5200-year-old corpse was found in a frozen glacier. It was a well-preserved corpse found with tools and weapons. Scientists have speculated many aspects of his life including various scenarios on the time of year he died, his occupation, and cause of death. The time of year he died in was put forward by Oeggl to be late spring/summer, concluded by his stomach samples. His occupation was directed by DNA samples of blood and tools pointing in the direction of him being a hunter. The death of iceman has speculated with many different situations offered the most likely is from an arrow, which was found penetrated in the shoulder of iceman.

Analysing iceman's equipment and body raised a number of speculated theories. Markus Egg found a sloe berry, pollen samples and barley and einkorn wheat on his body. Through analysing these remains, Egg...