“Neolithic mushrooms”
by Chris, 2 August, 2019, 1 comments
Some years back, the blog talked about a 5000 year old ‘mummy’ - called Otzi. Otzi was a Neolithic man, and was found frozen, high in the mountains between Austria and Italy. Careful examination of his body, clothing and possessions gives us some insights into his daily life and diet. Otzi and, we presume, his contemporaries made good use of the plants and natural materials around them. Thus,
His bow was made from Yew
Ash provided his dagger handle
Woven grass and bast for his cloak (bast is made from the fibres of the linden tree)
goats hide for his leggings and jerkin,
bear skin for his cap
deer skin for shoes
arrows from a wayfaring tree and dogwood
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