Otzi the Iceman (Evidence)

25/05/18

Otzi The Iceman

In social studies we worked on a mini-investigation on a body of a man who he lived during the Neolithic age. His body was found by hikers at Fineilspitze in the Ötztal Alps on the Austrian–Italian border in 1991 frozen but still intact. He was the only body that stayed intact, but have varies wounds and cuts since his death and age, which made him more special. Many were surprised on how he died. A variety of theories were made to solve his cause of death, which is what we have to investigate. Otzi was known as a Sheppard, which made it quite difficult to solve his case. We worked in groups on a theory we think was right.
The theory my group worked on was he was shot by an arrow in the back which caused him to die.
We looked further into the theory so we could persuade others to believe as well. After researching a spending time on this we created a presentation and presented it to the class.

Why is Evidence important?

In my opinion we always need evidence to back-up what we want others to believe. We can't just say things without having evidence, which can create problems for others.The reason we provide evidence so they believe in what we say instead of saying for (e.g) the theory about how Otzi died because of an arrow. No one would just believe we need to explain why we say that. For example Scientists and doctors found an arrow wound on his back including the sharp end end of the arrow inside his body. By presenting this evidence the audience will believe and understand why this theory is believable.