Sheets of ice along the Arctic have continued to melt at alarming rates and with that melting has come a new discovery. Archaeologists at a melt site in Norway have discovered a wealth of items that include weapons and shoes among other everyday items. The find is believed to be from thousands of years ago, well before Vikings roamed the area.
As glaciers continue to melt and ice retreats in areas around the world, archaeologists continue to discover new civilizations. As io9 points out, last summer a 10,000 year-old atlatl (a hunting weapon) was found as ice thawed.
Researchers must work at break neck speeds to gather items which can rot in just a few short days after thawing from their icy tombs.
Among the items they are attempting to preserve is a 3400 year old leather shoe, a perfectly preserved arrow complete with feather and even ancient smells released from preserved reindeer droppings.
The front edge of this particular glacier has retreated 18 meters in the last year, making the race against collecting artifacts a desperate one for archaeologists in the area as some items are destroyed before they are discovered.
Here’s a picture of the ancient leather shoe:
I wonder what ancient reindeer poop smells like.
Fantastic discovery , please keep us informed bout this findings.
Best regrds,
John
I wonder what kind of MMGW caused that area to be so warm 3500 years ago? What kind of SUV’s did they drive? This is just another damning piece of evidence against MMGW. We are but pimples on an elephant’s butt on this planet.
You’re an idiot…
How about you actually do a bit of research mate, and don’t be so retarded to think that 6+ billion people abusing the f*ck out of this planet wont have any effect at all…
Hell, if I get in drunk and piss in my fish tank, I can pretty much guarantee the majority of the fish will be dead come the morning. Thats pretty much what humanity has been doing for the past 150 years
stop being retarded everyone knows that without co2 emmissions plantlife will die then the animals will die then we will die.Global warming and global cooling is a natural thing.
Jesus…
“everyone knows that without co2 emissions plant life will die then the animals will die then we will die”
Yes… everyone knows that without WATER plant life will die, but if i pour a stupid amount of water onto these plants they will also die…. I don’t get your point really, are you saying without us creating any CO2 the whole world would die?! It isn’t just us that creates CO2…
No one is questioning that the Earth goes through natural cycles of warming and cooling, that it definitely does. What people are worried about is that we are having a huge effect on climate throughout the world, these changes have not been seen in the past, everything is much more exaggerated. Quite simply put the Earth is an enclosed ecosystem, a big one at that, but nether the less if we pump out enough crap, we will have an effect…. we ARE having an effect
I SAY that you are both idiots.
I say that it’s caused by Polar Bears emitting CO2 and driving SUV’s. If you don’t believe me, look at my shiny nobel prize!
EXCELSIOR!
Typical liberal reply.
Resort to namecalling immediately because your position is weak.
Dinosaur bones and palm tree fossils in Canada, hmmm.
Sorry if I hurt your feelings pal….
“Dinosaur bones and palm tree fossils in Canada”???
Yes? What is Your point? Are you now also refuting Plate Tectonics? Canada was a lot further south, part of the continent Pangea 200 odd million years ago, and also the climate of the Triassic Period was much much hotter than todays.
There has been at least 5 ice ages, and periods of much warmer climate – nobody is disputing the ebb and flow of the earths climate. But the majority of scientists and general people agree that we are affecting it, there are a few uneducated people who don’t, and also a few people high up who are in certain companies pockets so refute it. Whats your reason?
Only fools believe man is big enough to be causing global warming! Global warming is caused by the sun and it’s radiation not man! Should we continue damaging nature no! should be learn to do better yes! But the global warming craze is just another scam to spend tax payers dollars to keep college graduates with useless degrees employed! and to Keep funneling those dollars into the universities via someones thesis, those funneled funds then end up in the investors (usually alumni) pockets! It’s the great “grant scam” that is the true drain on US tax dollars.
Bout time!!! You guys keep digging!!!
whoa…that just boggles the mind.
I wonder how the loss of that leather shoe affected whoever wore it at the time?
Joe, I was wondering the same thing… and where is the other shoe. What was he doing at the time? Maybe running away from a predator or enemy and not able to retrieve his shoe that fell off while running? All kinds of scenarios…and frustrating not to know the answers! All of these new discoveries are so revealing of how little we know and we think we are so smart! We have to broaden our scope and get a little humility. Another point, we modern humans could not survive in the conditions that guy with the leather shoe did until he met his unknown demise, of course.
That is amazing, the fact we uncover chapters in our own orgins, is truely astounding, who knows what could be at the south pole? you never know at this point.
Greenland used to be tropical i hear.
I have also read that Antartica used to be tropical. Obviously we only know the “tip of the iceberg”! Fascinating stuff. What a great planet we live on!
I can just hear the Viking at the shoe store arguing how he just wants one…he shouldn’t have to buy the pair.
Yes, like don’t ask me what happened to my other shoe. It;s complicated!
Fascinating! Please keep us informed. I’m amazed at how much we have yet to know about our planet. If rocks could talk…??
Aha! another need for technological advancement.. getting rocks to communicate!
A great find, I look forward to seeing some clearer images.
Thanks for the post.
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wow its too bad our world has to be going down the toilet to discover this stuff… yay global climate change!
I would rather think of it as “found civilization”.
From what I know of ourselves, we are the lost ones.
Another Nail In The Coffin For Climate Change Enthusiasts….Ebbs And Flows Of Nature Happen All The Time…So Do Lying Cheating Politicians And Tax Inventors To Feed Their Selfish non Productive Lifestyles…..
they die of cool, i wonder why they have to go the north were the cool was?
Don, you are a foolish man. Amazing discovery though.
Thats Not Very Nice Language Stainystains….Is That your Name Or The State Of Your Underwear?….Anyway The Research Your Implying That Has Been “Proved” Is Incorrect…Although The Crap Man Puts Up In The Atmosphere Is’nt Doing Anybody Or Anything A Favour…Its Not Affecting The Weather Or Climate The Way These So Called Expert Scientists Are “Prodicting”….In Fact This Year We Are Expecting One Of The Coldest Winters For Over a Hundred Years In The Northern Hemisphere…So Hold On To Your Hats…..Its Going To Be A Rough Ride….
Yes.. the state of my underwear… good one…
I wish people would stop taking the term global warming literally. It does not mean the whole worlds weather will get warmer, in fact if the Arctic ice cap keeps melting the way it is, it could have a huge effect on the gulf stream which would make the UK so so much colder. It is not as simple as “the whole world is going to get hot”. Yes the climate has gone through cycles in the past, but the changes that ARE happening now ARE much more exaggerated than in past, we do pump out unbelievable amounts of CO2 and this DOES effect the balance of things. The only dispute is to what extent this will effect the Earth… probably not the end of the world hey, but evidence is suggesting quite a bit. Any ecosystem gets messed up if enough amounts of a certain thing gets introduced, the Earth is simply a giant ecosystem, we introduce enough crap into it, it’s going to change…
Every time I hear the phrase closed echo system, I get a little annoyed. The Earth is not a closed echo system. The rays of the sun, neutrinos debris from outer space are all interacting with the Earth echo system. Then how could it be a close system. Every volcanic eruption does more damage to this planet then the human race can ever do. We are a young race and need to learn much more about our world.
What if we are the 1000th civilization that existed here. How would we know if natural forces are not taking us every time. How do we learn by living on the test subject we are examining..
This is a world that constantly reacts with monetary influence. Money tells the story Science is powered by money.
Who is telling the truth?
A museum discovers Giants in the middle of America and was persuaded by God knows who to keep it under wrap.
If Science NASA and other World Scientific Organizations don’t fix this their credibility will be voided and we will be back in the caves wondering what happened.