Dear Stefi,

Thank you for your reply, I was able to trace several of the
references. I thought that ths Oeggl/Schoch publication was in
the proceedings of Innsbruck, and there I did not find anything.
I was running three years behind....

I would like to ask you if you are able to give me some more
information
from the Swiss lake sites. I am preparing an article about the use of
Viburnum wood (in our case most probably V. opulus) for two different
Bronze Age arrows in the Netherlands. One is the basal part and the
other one contains the flint arrowhead, and the 14C-date is almost
identical. Both arrows have also in common that they were made
from the central part of an originally thicker piece of wood.
This all very strongly suggests that it concerns two pieces of one and
the same arrow in fact. However, it also appears that many arrows
are made of Viburnum, so the argument of the same wood species is
not very conclusive. For that sake, I try to collect as many
identifications
of wood of Bronze Age (or Neolithic or Iron Age) arrows as I can find.
I must admit that that is not too much yet, only some references, also
of Viburnum, from the UK, and a publication by Beckham in Die Kunde
who concludes that Viburnum is by far the most suited wood species
for making arrows!
If you happen to know Swiss (or other "alpine") finds of wooden
arrows and their identification, I would be very grateful for
references,
and if you think I had better mail to someone else in Switserland, I
would appreciate to get his/her email address.
I also have no finds from Germany, but probably no good contacts
there for this subject either. Could you suggest me someone (not
Angela Kreuz or Nicole Boenke...)?

I hope you have the time to answer my mail, many thanks in advance!

Greetings from a sunny Netherlands! :-)

oTTo

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Dear Otto,
the arrows are mentioned in lots of Ötzi publications, here some 
citations:

Bortenschlager, S., W. Kofler, et al. (1992). Erste Ergebnisse der 
Auswertung der vegetabilischen Reste vom Hauslabjochfund. Der Mann im 
Eis. Band 1, Veröffentlichungen der Uni Innsbruck, 187. Bericht über 
das Internationle Symposium 1992 in Innsbruck. F. Höpfel and e. al. 
187: 307-312.
	
Bortenschlager, S. and K. e. Oeggl (2000). "The Iceman and his Natural

Environment." The man in the ice 4. (42).

	
Groenman-van Waateringe, W. and R. Goedecker-Ciolek (1992). "The 
equipment made of hide and leather. In: Der Mann im Eis. Bericht über 
das Internationale Symposium 1992 in Innsbruck, Band 1." 
Veröffentlichungen der Universität Innsbruck 187: 410-418. SJ2836. 
Fell; Lederreste; Neolithikum; Oesterreich; Ötzi.
	
Lippert, A. and K. Spindler (1991). "Die Auffindung einer 
frühbronzezeitlichen Gletschermumie am Hauslabjoch in den Oetztaler 
Alpen (Gem. Schnals)." Archäologie Oesterreichs 2(2): 11-17.
	
Oeggl, K. (1999). "Die letzte Mahlzeit des Mannes aus dem Eis. In. Die

Gletschermumie aus der Kupferzeit. Neue Forschungsergebnisse zum Mann 
aus dem Eis." 97-110. (42)
	
	
Oeggl, K. and W. H. Schoch (1995). Neolithic plant remains discovered 
together with a mummified corpse (Homo tyrolensis) in the Tyrolean 
Alps. Res archaeobotanicae. International workgroup for palaeobotany, 
proceedings of the 9th symposium, Kiel 1992. H. Kroll and R. Pasternak:

229-238.
	
Oeggl, K. and K. Spindler (2000). "Ein weiterer Neolithischer Beilholm

vom Hauslabjoch." Archäologisches Korrespodenzblatt 30(1): 53-60. (42
	
Terzan, B. (1994). "Bemerkungen zu dem sogenannten Rucksack des 
ötztaler Mannes." Archäologisches Korrespondenzblatt 24: 265-268.
	
Winiger, J. (1995). "Die Bekleidung des Eismannes und die Anfänge der 
Weberei nördlich der Alpen. In: Spindler, K.; Rastbichler-Zissernig, 
E.; Wilfing, H.; zur Nedden, D.; Nothdurfter, H. (Hrsg.): Der Mann im 
Eis. Neue Funde und Ergebnisse." The Man in the Ice 2: 119-187.

Best regards
Stefi
	
Am Mittwoch, 21.05.03, um 16:19 Uhr (Europe/Zurich) schrieb Otto 
Brinkkemper:

> Dear colleagues,
>
>> From a preliminary publication I know that the Iceman from the
> Austrian/
> Italian border called Ötzi (from the Otztal) had 14 arrows, all made
> of
> Viburnum lantana. There was also a lecture about this on the IWGP
> symposium in Innsbruck in 1995, but I cannot trace any official
> publication
> about these interesting finds.
> At present, I'm preparing a publication on a Dutch Bronze Age arrow,
> which is of Viburnum spec. (probably V. opulus here). I would be
very
> interested in references to the findings mentioned above, but also
to
> other Neolithic/Bronze Age arrows of which the wood species has
> been identified. Any references will be greatfully acknowledged and
> at least the European ones included in my publication. I'll
distribute
> offprints to all who provide me with useful information of course.
>
> With kind regards,
>
> oTTo
>
Prof. Dr. Stefanie Jacomet
Seminar für Ur- und Frühgeschichte
Universität Basel
Abteilung Archäobiologie/Archäobotanik
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CH-4055 Basel
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