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THE MAN IN THE ICE : The Discovery of a 5,000-Year-Old Body Reveals the Secrets of the Stone Age
by Spindler, Konrad; (Translated from the German By Ewald Osers)
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- Hardcover
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- New/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0517799693
- ISBN 13
- 9780517799697
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New York, NY: Harmony Books/Crown Publishers, 1995. First American Edition, 2nd Printing . Hardcover. New/Near Fine. Text/BRAND NEW. Bi-color boards/Fine. DJ/NF w/faint creasings to inner flaps; under mylar. First published 1994 in German under the title: Mann im Eis. Forensic science in action. In 1991, a couple chanced across a frozen corpse, half emerged, in a glacier in the Austrian Alps. Two weeks later Austrian archaeologist Konrad Spindler (1939 -) was on the scene with a team of international scientist. This is the first hand account of the sensational discovery of the mummified body of a 5000-year-old Neolithic man along with ax, flint dagger, bow and arrows, wooden stave and belt-pouch --- affording our first look into the Stone Age world. Illustrated w/color photos. Fine copy.
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- Title
- THE MAN IN THE ICE : The Discovery of a 5,000-Year-Old Body Reveals the Secrets of the Stone Age
- Author
- Spindler, Konrad; (Translated from the German By Ewald Osers)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New New
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First American Edition, 2nd Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0517799693
- ISBN 13
- 9780517799697
- Publisher
- Harmony Books/Crown Publishers
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 1995
- Keywords
- Archaeology/Mummies/Italy/Trentino-Alto Adige
- Bookseller catalogs
- Archaeology; Adventure/Expeditions; Anthropology/Ethnology;
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