Arrow from the Iron Age. About 1000 years ago, a hunter lost this arrow in the southern Jotunheimen mountains ❄️ The arrowhead is gone, but the drilled tang-hole and the nock tell us it is a thousand years old or more. A glimpse of reindeer hunting in the high mountains long ago. Great catch by our colleague Jostein...
An arrow from the Late Iron Age, around 1000 years old, discovered by our colleague Jostein Bergstøl at an ice patch in the southern Jotunheimen mountains❄️
The first image shows the slighty thickened nock, and the damaged front of the arrow with remains of a drilled hole for an arrowhead with a pointed tang, The second image shows the find spot in front of the ice.
This discovery adds to a remarkable history of finds from the area. Earlier artefacts go all the way back to the Late Neolithic, some 4000 years ago. Every new piece helps us understand how people used these high mountains for thousands of years....
Packhorses are back in the high mountains 🐎 Once we used helicopters, but now we follow the old ways — just like a thousand years ago, when packhorses crossed this pass❄️ #glacialarchaeology #ClimateChange #MeltingIce #Packhorses #oldways #Sustainability...
That’s it for Åndfonne this season! 🏔️ We’ve had some intense and rewarding days at the ice, recovering both artefacts and natural material. These finds help us piece together the story of past life in the mountains.
And a big thank you to all of you for your questions and feedback during the fieldwork. It really means a lot to us to know you are following along and engaging with the work we do. 🌟...
