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Originally Posted by Brian Allgar
Eh? I don't think I get it at all, Graham. Buit maybe I turned thick overnight. Clues welcome.
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The cause may well be obscurity on my part, not density on yours, Brian!
Ötzi is a well-preserved natural mummy of a man who lived about 3,300 BC. The mummy was found in September 1991 in the Ötztal Alps, hence 'Ötzi'.
I sought to keep my speculation in accord with what has so far been found out or deduced about his person, lifestyle and demise.
The idea of a district investigating officer or 'Justiciar' back then, there, is unfounded so far as I know, but where hunter-gatherers and pastoralists may have mingled, occasional conflicts of interest seem to me likely, and so a framework of laws and a recognised dispassionate law-person would seem both desirable and plausible. Ordinary citizens and especially blood-relatives would surely also have a role to play.