"Unearthing a Rare Stone Age Find in Mid-Norway"
Originally Published 2 years ago — by Phys.org
Archaeologists conducting an excavation in Vinjeøra, Norway, made a surprising discovery of artifacts from the Stone Age, specifically from people who migrated to Finnmark from the east around 9000 BC. These artifacts, including small and medium-sized flint objects with straight and parallel edges, indicate a different stone technology than the pioneer culture associated with the southwest migration. The findings suggest that two waves of migration occurred in Scandinavia after the retreat of the ice, with the eastern immigrants bringing new technology and mixing with the existing population. The lack of evidence from the eastern immigrants along the western coast is due to changes in sea level erasing most of the settlements. The discovery is considered rare and exciting for archaeologists.