BREAKING NEWS! We have just made an incredible discovery at the Digervarden ice patch, Norway.
Back in 2014, the Secrets of the Ice Program found an exceptional pre-Viking ski here, 1300 years old. The ski was complete, including the binding – one of only two skis known from prehistory in this condition. In the seven years since the first ski find, we have monitored the ice patch, hoping and praying for the second ski of the pair to melt out. Now it has happened, and the new ski is even better preserved! It is an unbelievable find.
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Our new ice site gave us very nice arrow shaft, probably from the Medieval period. Thanks very much❤ You can still see the imprint of the thread holding the fletching in the preserved tar on the wood.
We only had time to cover a small part of the ground here during our exploratory survey. It appears that this is an ice mass that has at times developed into a glacier. That is not good news for the preservation of artifacts, but the arrow shaft and the iron knife posted yesterday (plus some other finds) confirm that finds have survived here at least since the medieval period. #glacialarchaeology #climatechange #globalwarming
We have found a new site with very nice finds!❤
A line of cairns and raised stones point the way up to the ice. This is terribly exciting because it suggests that people were crossing the ice here in ancient times and may have left behind all sorts of things😮
Just as we got close to the ice, we made our first discovery: a large iron knife with a grip consisting of rings in copper alloy and antler/bone. It is probably from the Medieval period❤ #glacialarchaeology #climatechange #globalwarming
We got a report that an arrow had been spotted near a glacier in central Jotunheimen. Our team rushed out, collected the arrow and checked the find spot for more finds. The completely preserved wooden arrowshaft dates to the Stone Age, probably 4-5000 years ago😮
The find spot is by a small lake, near the end of a large glacier - a very unusual find spot. There were no further finds. Maybe this is just one very lucky arrow to survive, Well, good on you!🙂 #glacialarchaeology #climatechange #globalwarming