Glacier archaeologists find a 1300-year-old arrow in melting ice

[Judi Lynn]

The Glacier archaeologists found a 1300-year-old arrow from the Norwegian Iron Age during a research project on the Langfonne ice patch in the Jotunheimen Mountains in Norway.

In the past twenty years, Langfonne has dramatically retreated. Its current size is less than 30% of what it was 20 years ago. The retreat is evident from the surroundings. The ice is surrounded by bedrock devoid of lichen and moss and is a light gray color. Three distinct ice patches have formed from the split ice. Only 10% of the Little Ice Age’s maximum ice cover remains at Langfonne today (AD 1450-1920). The melting of Langfonne is a part of a much larger global warming-related pattern of retreating mountain glaciers that includes glaciers in Norway and other countries.

However, the Langfonne ice patch is the ice site in the world with the most arrows.


The arrow was discovered in a collection of broken rock fragments between larger stones on the lower edge of the icefield. The team believes that the arrow was lost and deposited downslope by meltwater and that it has since been exposed several times by melting ice over the centuries.

More:
https://arkeonews.net/glacier-archaeologists-find-a-1300-year-old-arrow-in-melting-ice/

[BumRushDaShow]

1. Here is a website associated with the team's work

https://secretsoftheice.com/news/2020/11/25/prehistoric-arrow-bonanza/

[Judi Lynn]

2. Wow! The photography! Saving this to pour over tomorrow. Wonderful! Thank you. ⭐️❤️️👋

[BumRushDaShow]

3. You're welcome!

It was fascinating and I spent some time checking out some of the artifacts that they were finding!