Wow, it's a whole new world and new branch of archaeology...
"Stone age artifacts including weapons, shoes, walking sticks and mittens -- abandoned in the mountains of Norway many thousands of years ago -- are being revealed as mountain glaciers melt and retreat, researchers say."
"The cryosphere is the area of the earth that remains perennially frozen in the form of permafrost, glaciers and sea ice. As climates continue to warm and sea ice and permafrost retreats pole-ward, glaciers are receding and ice patches are shrinking. Some of these features contain unique archaeological finds that have remained frozen and well preserved for hundreds and even thousands of years. The earliest documented archaeological remains from frozen sites were discovered at the beginning of the 20th century. The best known glacial find is the Neolithic man of Hauslabjoch (Ötzi), found in the Tyrolean Alps in 1991. However similar glacial discoveries have been made in both the 20th and 21st centuries on a number of sites around the world. These include melting ice patches and glaciers in the Yukon, Canada, Alaska and Norway, Swiss, Austrian and Italian Alps, as well as important discoveries in the Andes, Urals and Greenland. As awareness of the potential these regions increases, important frozen objects continue to be recovered from newly discovered sites elsewhere. These frozen sites and finds as well as the methods and theories involved in their identification, excavation, conservation and display are the subject of this journal."
"Stone age artifacts including weapons, shoes, walking sticks and mittens -- abandoned in the mountains of Norway many thousands of years ago -- are being revealed as mountain glaciers melt and retreat, researchers say."
"The cryosphere is the area of the earth that remains perennially frozen in the form of permafrost, glaciers and sea ice. As climates continue to warm and sea ice and permafrost retreats pole-ward, glaciers are receding and ice patches are shrinking. Some of these features contain unique archaeological finds that have remained frozen and well preserved for hundreds and even thousands of years. The earliest documented archaeological remains from frozen sites were discovered at the beginning of the 20th century. The best known glacial find is the Neolithic man of Hauslabjoch (Ötzi), found in the Tyrolean Alps in 1991. However similar glacial discoveries have been made in both the 20th and 21st centuries on a number of sites around the world. These include melting ice patches and glaciers in the Yukon, Canada, Alaska and Norway, Swiss, Austrian and Italian Alps, as well as important discoveries in the Andes, Urals and Greenland. As awareness of the potential these regions increases, important frozen objects continue to be recovered from newly discovered sites elsewhere. These frozen sites and finds as well as the methods and theories involved in their identification, excavation, conservation and display are the subject of this journal."
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