#Archeologists in Norway found an arrow that was likely trapped in ice for 4,000 years

by Dustin Jones, September 6, 2023

"Archeologists in Norway discovered an arrow shaft that appears to be from the #StoneAge, meaning it is approximately 4,000 years old.

"The discovery was made on the side of #MountLauvhøe, which stands at just over 6,500 feet in Norway's Lom Municipality. Archeologists had found arrows from the Iron and Middle ages when they last surveyed the area in 2017. However, this arrow shaft was found after ice at the site melted away in recent years, according to Lars Holger Pilø, co-director Secrets of the Ice, part of Norway's Department of Cultural Heritage.

"He said the discovery predates earlier finds by more than 2,000 years, which adds a lot more "time depth" to the site. Researchers can determine the age of the artifact by its shape, but will submit a sample of the wood for carbon dating once the field season is over."

https://www.wfdd.org/story/archeologists-norway-found-arrow-was-likely-trapped-ice-4000-years

#History #ArchaeologicalSites #archaeology #Norway #Histodon

#Archeologists in Norway found an arrow that was likely trapped in ice for 4,000 years

by Dustin Jones, September 6, 2023

"Archeologists in Norway discovered an arrow shaft that appears to be from the #StoneAge, meaning it is approximately 4,000 years old.

"The discovery was made on the side of #MountLauvhøe, which stands at just over 6,500 feet in Norway's Lom Municipality. Archeologists had found arrows from the Iron and Middle ages when they last surveyed the area in 2017. However, this arrow shaft was found after ice at the site melted away in recent years, according to Lars Holger Pilø, co-director Secrets of the Ice, part of Norway's Department of Cultural Heritage.

"He said the discovery predates earlier finds by more than 2,000 years, which adds a lot more "time depth" to the site. Researchers can determine the age of the artifact by its shape, but will submit a sample of the wood for carbon dating once the field season is over."

https://www.wfdd.org/story/archeologists-norway-found-arrow-was-likely-trapped-ice-4000-years

#History #ArchaeologicalSites #archaeology #Norway #Histodon

#Archeologists in Norway found an arrow that was likely trapped in ice for 4,000 years

by Dustin Jones, September 6, 2023

"Archeologists in Norway discovered an arrow shaft that appears to be from the #StoneAge, meaning it is approximately 4,000 years old.

"The discovery was made on the side of #MountLauvhøe, which stands at just over 6,500 feet in Norway's Lom Municipality. Archeologists had found arrows from the Iron and Middle ages when they last surveyed the area in 2017. However, this arrow shaft was found after ice at the site melted away in recent years, according to Lars Holger Pilø, co-director Secrets of the Ice, part of Norway's Department of Cultural Heritage.

"He said the discovery predates earlier finds by more than 2,000 years, which adds a lot more "time depth" to the site. Researchers can determine the age of the artifact by its shape, but will submit a sample of the wood for carbon dating once the field season is over."

https://www.wfdd.org/story/archeologists-norway-found-arrow-was-likely-trapped-ice-4000-years

#History #archaeological #archaeology #Norway #Histodon

#Archeologists unearth 3,000-year-old priestly tomb in northern #Peru

https://www.ctvnews.ca/sci-tech/archeologists-unearth-3-000-year-old-priestly-tomb-in-northern-peru-1.6536940

New Yorker: The Hidden Archeologists of Athens https://www.newyorker.com/news/annals-of-inquiry/the-hidden-archeologists-of-athens #NewYorker #News/AnnalsofInquiry #AncientGreece #Archeologists #Excavations #Archeology #History #Athens #Greece

Let's look on Google Earth. Oh wow... it's something. Better #coordinates for this random #desert item is at 39.22389,85.6197 -- any #Xinjiang #China #archeologists around here? LOL.

New Yorker: Burying Indiana Jones https://www.newyorker.com/culture/cultural-comment/burying-indiana-jones #NewYorker #Culture/CulturalComment #StevenSpielberg #PopularCulture #Archeologists #IndianaJones #GeorgeLucas #Archeology #Movies

#Neolithic 7,000 Year Old #Road Still In Better Shape Than Your Local Streets
#Archeologists found a road that dates all the way back to 4,900 BC, and it looks nicer than the street I live on.The road — and several other artifacts like flint blades, stone axes and fragments of millstones — actually belonged to a lost #maritime culture known as the Hvar. They occupied the area during the Neolithic Era. https://jalopnik.com/archaeologists-discover-7000-year-old-road-in-croatia-1850419064

Following the results of two digs late last year, the #NationalCapitalCommission is planning another #archaeological dig in a section of #LeBretonFlats — potential site of a new #NHL arena — this summer, seeking more #artifacts related to #19thcentury #Bytown .
Two #HistoricalSites were #investigated in Nov. on the north side of Albert St between Preston St & City Centre Ave, commission #archaeologist Monica Maika said in a statement. 

https://www.cbc.ca/amp/1.6781362

#Canada #Archeologists #Archeology

Work begins in May when a team from #WashingtonStateUniversity uses #GroundPenetrating #radar to map site, figure out which spots merit #investigation & which are possible #BurialSites .
#Archeologists , #UVic #students & #Indigenous #youth will look for #evidence of #FishTraps , #SeaGardens , etc before examining 3 sites: #AgateLanePark , #­McMorranPark , #Cordova Bay Park & piece of land on Waters Edge Road.

https://www.timescolonist.com/local-news/jack-knox-exploring-a-vanished-village-at-cordova-bay-6723608

#VictoriaBC #yyj #NativeVillage #AncientVillage #Archaeology

A trekking enthusiast stumbled upon an #ancient Roman coin in a remote area high in the Alps in the Swiss Canton of #Bern.

After reporting the finding to the local archeological unit, a hoard of ancient artifacts was found at the site, which #archeologists now believe may have been a site to lay offerings to the Roman mountain gods.

https://arkeonews.net/hiker-found-a-place-of-holy-worship-at-an-altitude-of-2590-meters-in-the-swiss-alps/

#archaeodons #histodons #history #classics #AncientReligions #ancienthistory #antiquity #geschichte #histoire

...Jennifer French, an archaeologist at the University of Liverpool who was not part of the study. “This genetic data shows we’ve oversimplified what was going on in terms of population interaction,” she says. “It provides a lot more nuance than we’ve been able to with archaeological data alone.”
#prehistory #iceage #archeology #histodons
#archeologists
https://www.science.org/content/article/ancient-dna-upends-european-prehistory

#IndigenousPeople Have Been Here Forever. Why Won’t #Archeologists Believe It? https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2022/05/24/Conservatism-In-Archeology/

#Archeologists have decoded the markings on 20,000-year-old cave paintings created by Ice Age hunter-gatherers. The results show that early humans used #writing to convey information far earlier than researchers previously believed.

https://theweek.com/history/1019846/did-hunter-gatherers-have-a-writing-system?utm_campaign=afternoon_newsletter_20230109&utm_source=afternoon_newsletter&utm_medium=email&refid=B692B83621839FFC9E47578DAEAF17C1
via The Week

More than 500 years ago in the midwestern #Guatemalan highlands, #Maya people bought and sold goods with far less oversight from their rulers than many #archeologists previously thought.
#Anthropology #Archeology #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2023/01/ant01062301.html

I don't mean to scare you, weird "news" source from my Google feed, but #archeologists probably didn't discover some revolutionary new energy source in the ancient, crumbling tombs of long dead kings. No, no. #Physicists might, but archeologists probably have better things to do with their time there.
(On the other hand, I'm completely willing to believe #microbiologists might find something incredibly useful or interesting in tomb dirt. Wouldn't be the strangest place they have)

"To be a free country, we need our own #archeologists" #history #archeology https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/dec/27/young-sudanese-archaeologists-dig-up-history-as-west-knows-best-era-ends?utm_term=63ac3dd53a8606d0ec79e123cf2573cd&utm_campaign=GuardianTodayUS&utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&CMP=GTUS_email

Apropos of nothing: I’m always amazed that #archeologists can distinguish important artifacts from junk.

#technology should be considered new by #digital #technologists. It is of key importance to learn from and collaborate with #archeologists and #anthropologists to model the systems of technical change in meaningful (real causal) ways.

Turns out autocompletes of #hashtags matches a common misspelling and not just the right one. #technolgy not #technology … let’s make this a case in point!

#technolgy should be considered new by #digital #technologists. It is of key importance to learn from and collaborate with #archeologists and #anthropologists to model the systems of technical change in meaningful (real causal) ways.