Otzi the “iceman” who died in 3,300 BC, carried just such a pouch, containing a scraper, drill, flint flake, bone awl and dried fungus. Eventually, the pouch would contain a cargo that was ...

He wore the bib overalls of an insulated float suit over a winter active-wear jacket with yellow-handled, retractable-spiked awls slung over his neck to help pull himself to safety, were he to ...