Posted on 10/04/2010 5:14:28 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
The discovery of a "sealed" Stone Age house site from 3500 BC has stirred great excitement among archaeologists from Norway's Museum of Cultural History at the University in Oslo. The settlement site at Hamresanden, close to Kristiansand's airport at Kjevik in Southern Norway, looks like it was covered by a sandstorm, possibly in the course of a few hours.
The catastrophe for the Stone Age occupants has given archaeologists an untouched "mini-Pompeii," containing both whole and reparable pots... the team working on the site at Hamresanden has discovered so many large shards of pottery that they think they can put together as many as eight beaker-shaped vessels.
The dwelling site lies 11 meters over sea level today, but was at the water's edge 5,500 years ago. The find is located at the modern Hamresanden camping site, some 70 to 80 meters from today's shoreline... the archaeologists have also found as many as 20 arrowheads and tailings from tool production, including "complete wooden artifacts."
(Excerpt) Read more at newsinenglish.no ...
Nothing like receiving a geology education north of the 45th North.
Nah, it's the migration that bothers me. I mean, just how big were those swallows? It is a long ways from Italy, after all. And that's not quite Africa.
Actually, I knew that (living in Wisconsin and all). So, in a way, both sea level raising and sea level lowering can be blamed on global warming.
And, living in Wisconsin I like to point out the mile of ice that used to be above my house. Thank God for global warming.
I left Wisconsin 50 years ago. (Education, Army Service, Job, etc etal.) My Sis and many cuz’s are still there.
They said last winter was the start of an Ice Age as far as they were concerned. Man caused global warming is a myth and the geological record is there as proof to those who want to read it.
Get your snow blower tuned up for the winter!
GO PACK!
Your sis is smart.
Oh sure! She likes high taxes, cold winters, lots of Wisconsin State Birds aka mosquitoes, rusty cars, humid summers, too many beers to taste, northside Milwaukee residents, narrow left minded UW grads, a poor MLB Team, that great driving weather 6 months of the year with road reconstruction the other 6 months. BUT all that said: GO PACK!
You got that right. People tend to starve to death and have their feet freeze off trying to live on an ice sheet.
I'm looking forward to living in a tropical paradise.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.