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Year of the Arrows – Now the Stone Age Is Melting Out

Espen Finstad

Posted on September 23, 2026

This year, we have discovered and recovered 48 prehistoric arrows from melting mountain ice in Jotunheimen, Norway. But the arrows tell us more than a story about hunting in the past. They reveal a new pattern: the oldest ice is now melting, and with it, some of the oldest archaeological finds are emerging. For thousands …

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