Les Alpes pennines au temps d'Oetzi vers 3200 av. J.-C. (momie du Hauslabjoch)

Pennines Alps at the time of Oetzi (abart 3200 BC)

¹ Ingénieur indépendant, Chemin des Amandiers 62, 1950 Sion
² Musée national suisse, Hardturmstr. 185, 8005 Zürich

Abstract

The following study describes briefly the climate and its influence on the alpine passes and the glaciers at the time of Oetzi and the state of archeological knowledges at high altitude at the neolithic time. It demonstrates that a number of witness attests the presence of the mankind at high altitude in the Pennines Alpes. The discovery of a prehistoric mummy in Tyrol confirms the process of the colonization of high altitudes or the possible use of the alpin ways at that time.