Melting Glaciers Reveal Prehistoric Arrows
3rd October 2026
Archaeologists in Norway have recovered 48 prehistoric arrows from the Jotunheimen mountains. One is estimated to be 5,000 to 6,000 years old. Researchers from the Glacial Archaeology Programme in Innlandet,…
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Archaeologists in Norway have recovered 48 prehistoric arrows from the Jotunheimen mountains.
One is estimated to be 5,000 to 6,000 years old.
Researchers from the Glacial Archaeology Programme in Innlandet, known as Secrets of the Ice, spent three weeks working at Langfonne, Storfonne, and Handklefonne.
The team found large areas of ice had disappeared.
Some places recently covered by ice are now completely exposed.
The oldest ice is also producing some of the oldest archaeological finds.
See here for the full story in Archaeology News.
Complete arrow with arrowhead and shaft. Approx. 1,300 years old. Image Credit: Espen Finstad, Innlandet County Municipality, Secrets of The Ice.
Parts of an arrow shaft. Approx. 5,000 years old. Image Credit: Åsa Rommetveit Celius, Innlandet County Municipality, Secrets of The Ice.
More information: Secrets of the Ice
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