The Prehistory Guys's video: PREHISTORY FLASH: 6 000 Years of Arrowheads Revealed in Norway by Climate Change

Glacial archaeology is a new field in archaeology brought on by climate change. Melting mountain ice has released large numbers of artefacts. Most of the finds of archaeological interest are from semi-stationary ice patches underlain by permafrost that may preserve ice thousands of years old. An extraordinary number of arrows dating from the Stone Age to the medieval period have melted out of a single ice patch in Norway in recent years because of climate change. Researchers from the Universities of Cambridge, Oslo and Bergen gathered up a total of 68 arrow shafts, some with arrow heads still attached or nearby, and many other artefacts. Almost all of the items were found on an area of mountainside no bigger than 18 hectares in Jotunheimen, a region of southern Norway. LINK TO ACADEMIC PAPER HERE: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0959683620972775 Like what we're doing? There are 2 ways to support our work: 🔵 BECOME A PATRON: https://www.patreon.com/theprehistoryguys 🔵 ONE-OFF DONATION: https://www.paypal.com/biz/fund?id=QR2WYYNF4X84C WEBSITE: https://theprehistoryguys.uk Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theprehistoryguys/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/prehistoryguys Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/prehistoryguys