Püntener Alois G, Moss Serge
Novartis Pharma AG, Forum 1, Novartis Campus, CH-4056 Basel.
Chimia (Aarau). 2010;64(5):315-20. doi: 10.2533/chimia.2010.315.
Over 5000 years ago, a man climbed up to the icy heights of the glacier in South Tyrol, Italy and died. He was found by accident in 1991, with his clothes and equipment, mummified and frozen: an archaeological sensation and a unique snapshot of a Copper Age man. For several years highly specialised research teams have examined the mummy and all accompanying items. This paper describes how fur and leather clothes of the iceman could have been tanned. Details of the analytical tests undertaken on the 5000 year old leather samples and what they revealed are presented.
五千多年前，一名男子爬上了意大利南蒂罗尔冰川的冰峰，不幸遇难。1991年，他被意外发现，身上的衣物和装备都已成为木乃伊并被冻住：这一发现轰动了考古界，成为了铜器时代人类的独特瞬间。数年来，专业的研究团队对这具木乃伊及其所有陪葬物品进行了研究。本文描述了冰人所穿的皮毛衣物可能的鞣制方法。文中还介绍了对这些有五千年历史的皮革样本所做的分析测试细节以及测试结果。
