Image: Ötzi the Iceman - Dagger 2
Description: Ötzi the Iceman - Dagger The 132 mm long dagger comprises a chert blade hafted on a handle of ash wood. The blade (69 x 24 x 7.7 mm) is inserted into a deep slit and held in place with sinews, without any tar. A basal groove on the flat handle hosts a string made from lime-tree fibres which served to extract the dagger from its bast scabbard.
The microfossils in the chert are mainly represented by radiolarians, calcispheres, calpionellids and a few sponge spicules. There are also several fragments of pelagic crinoids (Saccocoma). The presence of calpionellids and Saccocoma indicates an upper Jurassic age (Tithonian).
Author: Wierer, U., Arrighi, S., Bertola, S., Kaufmann, G., Baumgarten, B., Pedrotti, A., Pernter, P. and Pelegrin, J.
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