Did you know that on September 19, 1991, a man was spotted face down in the ice of the Otzal Alps? This was no ordinary human, this man was in fact a hominid. Since this iceman was found at the Otzal Alps, historians named him Otzi. Many theories were created on the iceman, Otzi. You will read about a theory on his death, and what he had on him, and who he could possibly be in his village. Otzi’s life and death is a very interesting topic to discuss. Otzi was quite old for his time period, he was in his late forties. I know that sounds young but that 's for Otzi’s time period, people that lived during his time only lived until about their late twenties. According to my resources a new theory has been created. Perhaps Otzi was killed because