Magnetic Fields Could Provide the Key to Studying Submerged Civilisations

Heritage Daily ^ | March 9, 2023 | Markus Milligan

[SunkenCiv]

According to Ben Urmston from the University of Bradford, magnetic fields could indicate the presence of archaeological features without the need for exploratory underwater excavations.

Magnetometry has previously been used by terrestrial archaeologists but has not been used extensively to examine submerged landscapes.

The pioneering technique could be applied in Doggerland, a submerged land mass beneath what is now the North Sea, that once connected Britain to continental Europe.

The landscape of Doggerland was a diverse mix of gentle hills, marshes, wooded valleys and swamps during the later Palaeolithic and Mesolithic periods.

Small groups of hunter-gatherers took advantage of Doggerland’s rich migrating wildlife, with evidence of ancient animal bones and tools being brought to the surface by fishing trawlers operating in the North Sea.

Over time, the area was flooded by rising sea levels after the last glacial period around 6,500 to 6,200 BC. Melting water that had been locked away caused the land to tilt in an isostatic adjustment as the huge weight of ice lessened.

Doggerland eventually became submerged leaving only Dogger Bank, a possible moraine (accumulation of glacial debris) which also succumbed to the sea around 5000 BC...

“We might also discover the presence of middens, which are rubbish dumps that consist of animal bone, mollusc shells and other biological material that can tell us a lot about how people lived,” ...

Such features could be analysed closer by taking samples of the seabed which are then sent for carbon dating and a microscopic analysis.

Professor Vince Gaffney, academic lead for the project, said: “Exploring the submerged landscapes beneath the North Sea represents one of the last great challenges to archaeology...”

[SunkenCiv]

subtitled: "A Study by the University of Bradford Could Provide the Key to Studying Submerged Civilisations by Looking for Anomalies in Magnetic Fields."

Doggerland – Image Credit : Francis Lima – CC BY-SA 4.0

[SteveH]

i have always been attracted to this topic

[SunkenCiv]

The rest of the Doggerland keyword, sorted:

• Superhighway of ancient human and animal footprints in England provides an 'amazing snapshot of the past' [10/23/2022]
• New Imaging Reveals Hidden Ice Age Landscapes Buried Deep in The North Sea [09/10/2021]
• Breakthrough in Studying Ancient DNA From Doggerland That Separates The UK From Europe [07/24/2020]
• Scientists Find Possible Traces of 'Lost' Stone Age Settlement Beneath the North Sea [05/29/2019]
• Life was good for Stone Age Norwegians along Oslo Fjord [06/04/2018]
• Mysterious Graves Discovered at Ancient European Cemetery [02/16/2016]
• Hazelnut shells found at Skye Mesolithic site [10/25/2015]
• Mesolithic site on Skye to be investigated [09/04/2015]
• Doggerland: Secrets of ancient land submerged to be revealed [09/02/2015]
• Britain Imported Wheat 2,000 Years Before Growing It [02/26/2015]
• Ancient underwater forest discovered off Norfolk coast [01/31/2015]
• 'How Britain's Atlantis' and its tribes were wiped out by a TSUNAMI triggered by a landslide [05/02/2014]
• The real flood: Submerged prehistory [04/12/2014]
• Snails Reveal Ancient Human Migration from France to Ireland [06/23/2013]
• Biblical-Type Floods Are Real, and They're Absolutely Enormous [09/04/2012]
• 'Britain's Atlantis' found at bottom of North sea [07/06/2012]
• The Netherlands: Archaeologists Find Habitation Sites in Port of Rotterdam [11/17/2011]
• Mesolithic 'rest stop' found at new Sainsbury's site [07/23/2011]
• A Lost World? Atlantis-Like Landscape Discovered [07/12/2011]
• 'Incredibly exciting' rare pre-Ice Age handaxe discovered on Orkney [06/11/2011]
• The moment Britain became an island [02/14/2011]
• Stone Age remains are Britain's earliest house [08/10/2010]
• Neanderthal man was living in Britain 40,000 years earlier than thought [06/01/2010]
• Neanderthal may not be the oldest Dutchman [ 370,000 years B.P. ] [03/30/2010]
• How discovery off the Norfolk coast holds the key to Norway's past [03/19/2010]
• How a prehistoric 'super river' turned Britain into an island nation [12/02/2009]
• 9,000-year-old house reveals Stone Age lifestyle [08/11/2009]
• When Did Humans Return After Last Ice Age? (UK) [07/27/2009]
• Sea gives up Neanderthal fossil [ dredged up from the North Sea ] [06/15/2009]
• Scotland's most ancient home found -- at 14,000 years old [04/10/2009]
• Last Ice Age happened in less than year say scientists [08/02/2008]
• Exploration of underwater forest [Loch Tay] [07/16/2008]
• Archaeology: The lost world -- Death in the Mesolithic [07/11/2008]
• Paleolithic Handaxes From The North Sea (Neanderthals) [03/10/2008]
• Undersea slide set off giant flow [11/22/2007]
• Stone Age Site Surfaces After 8,000 Years [08/06/2007]
• (For all you NOVA buffs) Megaflood 'made Island Britain' [sharp illustrations] [07/19/2007]
• Giant flood separates Britain from Europe [07/18/2007]
• Megaflood Created Great Divide Between Britain and France [07/18/2007]
• Lost World Warning From (Under) North Sea [04/23/2007]
• Mapping an Underwater World [ Neolithic riverscapes ] [02/01/2007]
• Dating A Massive Undersea Slide (8,100 Year Ago) [01/05/2007]
• ARCHAEOLOGY: Stone Age World Beneath the Baltic Sea [12/09/2006]
• Biblical-style flood tore Britain from France [09/26/2006]
• Biblical-style flood tore Britain from France : Scientists Claim UK/France Land Mass Once joined. [09/25/2006]
• Flood Made Britain An Island 'In 24 Hours' [09/24/2006]
• (English) Channel's Key Role In Pre-History [09/16/2006]
• Stone Age Elephant Found at Ancient U.K. Hunt Site [07/10/2006]
• Tools Unlock Secrets Of Early Man [12/14/2005]
• Prehistoric Knives Suggest Humans Competed [02/02/2005]
• The Mysterious End Of Essex Man (UK) [01/23/2005]
• Archaeologists Excited By 500,000-Year-Old Axe Find In Quarry [12/17/2004]
• Stone Age Elephant Remains Found (England, Slain By Humans) [06/21/2004]
• Northern sea baffles archaeologists [03/24/2004]
• Scientists Discover Lost World (8,000 Years Old) [02/15/2004]
• Stone Age Sites Found Under North Sea (8,000BC) [12/09/2003]
• Migrants Poured Into Britain After Ice Age [10/26/2003]
• UK's Oldest Cemetery Identified [09/26/2003]
• Earliest British Cemetery Dated (10,000+ Years) [09/23/2003]
• Stone Age Settlements Found Underwater In Britain [09/11/2003]
• Giant Wave Hit Ancient Scotland [09/07/2001]

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[SunkenCiv]

Seems unfair that Catterland hasn’t been given this kind of attention. :^)

[SunkenCiv]

A little later:

https://freerepublic.com/tag/storeggaslide/index?tab=articles

Much, much later:

Ruins of 700-year-old pier — likely used by royalty — dug out of seabed in Norway
by Aspen Pflughoeft
March 05, 2023 10:57 AM
https://www.kansascity.com/news/nation-world/world/article272772115.html

[SteveH]

> Seems unfair that Catterland hasn’t been given this kind of attention. :^)

Quite so, but I think it is a real shame that eventually they both sank into oblivion, so to speak

[SunkenCiv]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6yccccytIF8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FfEOsxkT8EY

[Fractal Trader]

There were a lot of civilizations, above ground and submerged, which got wiped out by hundreds, if not thousands, of feet of glacial ice sheets, and would be hard to find using this method.

[Redcitizen]

Now this is a true sunkenciv ping. ( it has a pull to it btw)

[21twelve]

I find it repelling.

[Grimmy]

I’m thinking ground-penetrating radar might help too.

Also localized blast produced seismology or seismic profiling.