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-- ' ” -- high-inco- - " : low-inco- - AP photo In this file picture from the South Tyrol Museum of Archaeology released on Sept 25 2000 prepares to take samples of the 5200-year-ol-d body of a Bronze Age hunter known Bolzano Italy v a researcher as “Oetzi" in : Kesoairdhi© irs: JcQDrian wasmi’tS WASHINGTON (AF) — The mysterious iceman found in an Alpine glacier was bom in a valley in what is now northern Italy and didn’t travel far from home an international team of researchers has concluded Indeed the iceman known as Oetzi probably spent his whole life within about 37 miles of the spot near the border where he was found frozen according to the team led by Wolfgang Mueller of the Australian National University in Canberra Their findings are being teported Friday in the journal 5200-year-o- ld Italy-Austr- ia Science A group of hikers discovered Oetzi’s body in 1991 since then he and his clothing and tools have opened a window on the previously little known world of copper-ag- e Europe Oetzi is housed at the South currently Tyrol Museum of Archaeology in Bolzano Italy Mueller’s team which also includes researchers from the United States and Switzer- land studied the forms of ferent element in Oetzi’s teeth bones and intestines and compared them with the types found in water and soil in the well-preserv- ed ’ i region Elements such as oxygen fair foromiD and argon arc found in different forms called isotopes and by comparing the ratio of one isotope to another in body tissue scientists can determine the source of the food or water the person has been consuming The researchers also looked at the isotopes of strontium and lead in Oetzi The findings for tooth enamel can show what a person had been eating and drinking as a child while bone provides a a similar measure for adults In addition the intestines give an indication of activities during a person’s final days Water in the area where Oetzi was found varies in oxy- isotope ratio because Sn to the north comes from the cooler and more distant Atlantic Ocean while that to the south comes from the wanner and closer Mediterranean Analysis of Oetzi’s tooth enamel indicates that between the ages of 3 and 5 he was drinking water with isotope ratios found only to the south of where he was found frozen However bone analysis of the isotope level ingested as an adult shows a contribution from both northern and southern water sources something the researchers said could indicate migration into one or - Dioinnie more of several nearby val- leys: ' The isotope ratios for strontium and lead vary depending on the types of rock and soil in an area The scientists also analyzed the argon ratio of bits of mica found in the intes- tine believed to have been ingested as a result of eating grain Using this data the team was able to rule out the region south of Bolzano as home to Oetzi saying instead that he more likely resided in the Schnals or EtschAdige valley near Merano or the nearby Ulten middle Eisack or town Puster valleys between Bolzano and the Austrian border “Our data indicate that the Iceman spent his entire life in the area south of the discovery site” near the border between Italy and Austria the team stone-grou- nd concluded They noted that one loca- tion Feldthums near in die Eisack valley gives the closest match between local soils and Oetzi’s tooth enamel Earlier studies have indicated that Oetzi was between 25 and 40 when he died suffered from arthritis and had an arrowhead embedded in a shoulder probably the cause Bres-sano- ne of death V -- Tortillo cantaloupe Juicy Ripe Chips Doritos 25 oz Super size Chips Fritos Com Chips or Lay’s Potato Chee-to- s Chips 95 to 12 oz Nacho or Guacamole Assorted varieties 'I Marshmallows Famv v vutsH Pizza Vi western lb Regular or Mmutura1 JBUW Crispy Bice SO m l Cereal BSStSgg!L-9- & pumpkin WMtsm Family zsoz — e£J Cake Mix VliC sal EIo KSgSWR pumpkin Hi39Mf Halloween §viffSS'ESf1 J chip" nStTi Bji S3S53SSL gySi'y-- Eg? j ' Cerealsuper VkVJn a (ST5!2 Duncan Hines II oz Asst Havocs fl Hi KAssorted£L — i Mr mm &1 ice creenTuB dfSb 8fg western Family Hav Cason aC5L : solid Pack swt-o-Me- Size smu ozTooti m H spooowv n A ®r4AccomscsictMMd rSULnnlnn rT? fj5pagt1cttl j in ring mw : 1J llflilp! 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