GEOGRAPHY Ice Man was preserved inside of a

GEOGRAPHY Ice Man was preserved inside of a glacier for 5, 300 years. After he passed away Ice Man was quickly concealed by snow. Layer by layer the snow compressed into ice and eventually turned into a glacier. The Alps have had an extreme climate for thousands of years. The Alps were snowy, icy and rocky. Temperatures were usually below 0 degrees.

GEOGRAPHY Ice Man settled down in a rocky hallow in The Alps. Otzi was discovered alone, however he must have had some sort of family. He was in the Italian side of the border when he was discovered.

~The first people to live in the Alps were German descendants now named Walser people. They spoke and practiced German culture, and the Italians migrated to the Alps centuries later.

by Ilsa

Economy by Nick • Food was mainly obtained from farming and animal domestication • Pigs, sheep, goats, and cattle were all commonly used animals in the Alpine region • Used Transhumance-type of agriculture in which you drive your cattle to a high grazing land in the summer • Copper was a very valuable substance and helped the Alpine region to become a significant economic area due to its vast resources of copper • Copper would be used to make tools, weapons, utensils Etc.

Politics �In the Alpine region high ranking people had symbols �One such symbol was a dagger or copper item �Smelters usually had a high rank because they turned copper into useful items �High ranking political jobs included �Shaman �Cattle Owner �Village Chief �Village Representative �Smelter