Finding of a 10,000-year-old rock carving

Rock Carving Nordland, BoatRock Carving. Photo: Pixabay.com

Finding of a 10,000-year-old rock carving in Nordland is described as sensational

A rock carving of a boat in Nordland has been dated to be 10,000 to 11,000 years old. The finding is described as a worldwide sensation by researchers.

 

This summer, the retired geologist Ingvar Lindahl reported about the founding of a new rock carving in Efjorden in Nordland. Surveys show that the carving, which depicts a boat, is probably between 10,000 to 11,000 years old. It is therefore probably the world’s oldest depiction of a boat.

– It’s extremely huge, it is a world sensation that will go into the history of science in a very, very big way, says archaeologist from the University of Tromsø, Jan Magne Fjerde to NRK.

In the Stone Age, the sea level was higher than today, and by looking at the submergence such carvings can therefore be dated according to the archaeologist. The carving is very difficult to detect and only emerges when the sunlight comes directly in from the side.

– The boat is just over 4 meters long. You have the keel, the line of the rail, and when you arrive here you have a very nice round of ending with the trunk of the boat. It is impossible to properly describe such findings as this, it is totally unbelievable, says Gjerde.

A scientific publication of the discovery is scheduled for sometime later in 2017.

 

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4 Comments on "Finding of a 10,000-year-old rock carving"

  1. Roald Atle Furre | 12. October 2017 at 20:09 |

    Roald Atle Furre til Xue Feng ah…ja, det betyr sex…
    Roald Atle Furre Har du et kinesisk lignende tegn ?
    Xue Feng det? 性
    Dette var lenge før det kinesiske skriftspråket eksisterte. Virker som om at dette er FAKE – også på grunn av risningens kvalitet og den måten det hele framstår på…… Her har nok kreativiteten vært særdeles god.

  2. Roald Atle Furre | 12. October 2017 at 20:12 |

    Xue Feng Ah? 8000 år gammelt? synes ikke at det var kinesisk tegn på den tida…

  3. According to Miao Teng · Venn av Xue Feng er dette FAKE – se innleggene over dette.

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