STONE OLD: This arrow is 3000 years old. The tip of the arrow is made of stone. Photo: Espen Finstad, Innlandet County Municipality
– There is probably no equivalent in Norwegian archaeology, says archaeologist Espen Finstad.
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One arrow is 3,600 years old and has an arrowhead made from a river mussel, writes Gudbrandsdølen Dagningen.
The second arrow, which has been dated to be 3,000 years old, has a stone tip that was still lashed to the wooden shaft with animal sinew and fist glue.
– It is extremely well preserved. There is probably no equivalent in Norwegian archaeology. That kind of thing attracts attention, and it’s really great to be able to secure the object, says glacial archaeologist Espen Finstad in Innlandet County Municipality to same newspaper.
ARROW: This arrow is 3,600 years old, and has a tip of river mussel. Photo: Espen Finstad, Innlandet County Municipality
It was he himself who, together with hobby archaeologist Reidar Marstein from Lom, made the discovery on 13 September.
Finstad says that such discoveries provide new knowledge. Many arrowheads have been found, but much is unclear about how they were attached to the shaft.
– Here we have material from the ice that gives a lot of answers. It fills out the knowledge in a broad sense, he says.
In this year’s season, approximately 250 archaeological discoveries have been made in Jotunheimen.
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Published: 01.10.23 at 23:21
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