{"id":283593,"date":"2023-10-17T10:48:07","date_gmt":"2023-10-17T08:48:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=283593"},"modified":"2023-10-17T10:48:11","modified_gmt":"2023-10-17T08:48:11","slug":"norwegian-archaeologists-are-salvaging-priceless-artifacts-from-melting-glaciers-including-a-3000-year-old-arrow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=283593","title":{"rendered":"Norwegian Archaeologists Are Salvaging Priceless Artifacts From Melting Glaciers\u2014 including a 3,000-year-old arrow."},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Global warming happend many times in different time periods all the time, eg. The Roman Warm Period or The Medieval Warm Period .<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Roman Warm Period, or Roman Climatic Optimum, was a period of unusually-warm weather in Europe and the North Atlantic that ran from\u00a0approximately 250 BC to AD 400.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Medieval Warm Period ( MWP) also known as the Medieval Climate Optimum, or Medieval Climatic Anomaly was a time of warm climate in the North Atlantic region lasting from\u00a0c. 950 to c. 1250. Thousands of objects in the Innlandet region proving that a mountain pass served as an important trade network.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The arrow found by Glacier Archaeology Program. Image: Espen Finstad\/secretsoftheice.com.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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There is surely little upside to the environmental changes posed by global warming, but nevertheless, a group of Norwegian\u00a0archaeologists<\/a>\u00a0is seizing the opportunities presented by the country\u2019s rapidly melting glaciers,\u00a0is telling Artnet News<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That group is Glacier Archaeology Program<\/a>\u2014snappy internet alias: Secrets of the Ice<\/a>\u2014and since receiving permanent government funding in 2011 it has been responsible for 90 percent of Norway\u2019s glacial finds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Granted, the group\u2019s success is partly tied to the topography of Innlandet<\/a>. The county boasts many of Norway\u2019s highest peaks, and the team has pursued salvaging artefacts from remote locations in a comprehensive and systematic manner. To date, it has made 4,000 finds across 66 sites.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The most recent discovery was a wooden arrow with a quartzite tip and intact feathers. The Jotunheimen mountain ice had preserved the arrow so well it appeared new. In fact, it is an estimated 3,000 years old, with archaeologists confident it belonged to a reindeer hunter in the\u00a0late Stone Age<\/a>\u00a0or early Bronze age. It was one of roughly 250 objects found this season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The arrow found by Norwegian glacial archaeologists in slush. Image: Image: Espen Finstad\/secretsoftheice.com.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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