Sunday, November 29, 2020

Stone Age arrows found in Norway

The oldest arrows date from around 4100 BC while the youngest are from roughly AD 1300, based on radiocarbon analysis. An extraordinary number of arrows dating from the Stone Age to the medieval period have melted out of a single ice patch in Norway in recent years because of climate change. Researchers from the Universities of Cambridge, Oslo and Bergen gathered up a total of 68 arrow shafts, some with arrow heads still attached or nearby, and many other artefacts. Almost all of the items were found on an area of mountainside no bigger than 18 hectares in Jotunheimen, a region of southern Norway…… Read more: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2260700-climate-change-has-revealed-a-huge-haul-of-ancient-arrows-in-norway/#ixzz6f7wxuc8p

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