Early Anchor Found Off Norwegian Coast - Archaeology Magazine
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Early Anchor Found Off Norwegian Coast - Archaeology Magazine
Grooved stone STAVANGER, NORWAY—Science Norway reports that a stone with a groove running all the way around it was discovered near an islet off the coast of western Norway that is the site of Hespriniholmen, a greenstone quarry estimated to be between 5,000 and 9,000 years old. Greenstone was used to make axes that have been unearthed in western and eastern Norway. Arild Skjæveland Vivås of the Stavanger Maritime Museum said that the team of re…
On the coast of Norway, researchers have recovered a stone weighing over 30 kilos. The discovery as an ancient anchor could re-explain the early seafaring.
Norwegian archeologists discovered off the coast of their country the oldest anchor in the world, dating back to the Stone Age about 6,000 years ago, in an ancient water-filled archaeological quarry.
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More than 5,000 years ago, an island in the Norwegian municipality of Bømlo called Hespriholmen was used as a quarry for those who came to look for the best stone to make axes, after five kilometers of open sea, strong current and waves. On one of those trips, something remained in the water. Now, archaeologists believe that it was what kept the boat still while carrying stone: an anchor.
At a depth of 20 meters off Hespriholmen, archaeologists have found a stone that may be an anchor from the Stone Age. If the theory is correct, the find could be the oldest known anchor in the world.
In front of the Norwegian island of Hespriholmen, underwater archaeologists have recovered a stone weighing more than 30 kilograms with a rille surrounding it. They suspect that it was used as an anchor for boats that transported green stone to people in the Stone Age. If the interpretation and a correspondingly old age are confirmed, the find could prove the so far known history of anchoring [...] The post Before Norway was discovered the oldes…
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