Researchers believe the wall, which now lies nearly 21 meters deep, was built by hunter-gatherers more than 10,000 years ago. They assume that it was originally built on land next to a lake or swamp.
Morphology of the SW-NE trending ridge containing Blinkerwall and the adjacent mound. White arrows point to Blinkerwall. PHOTO: RV Elisabeth Mann Borgese
“Thereby Blinkerwall is one of the oldest known examples of hunting architecture in the world and is possibly the oldest man-made megastructure in Europe,” the researchers said.
Researchers are not sure why the wall was built, but assume that it helped hunters chase herds of reindeer. “When chasing animals, they follow these structures, they don’t try to jump over them,” said Jäkab Görzen of the Leibniz Baltic Sea Research Institute in the German port city of Warnemind.
Usually, for this purpose, on the other side, there is a second wall built next to it, forming a tunnel. The same effect can be achieved if a wall is created next to a water body. Researchers assume that the other wall, which was located next to it Blinkerwallprobably lying in seabed sediments.
2024-02-13 12:24:01
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