Archaeologists in Denmark have uncovered a Stone Age coastal settlement submerged beneath the Bay of Aarhus, offering a rare glimpse into human life more than 8,500 years ago before rising seas swallowed the site.
This summer, divers descended eight meters below the surface near Aarhus, Denmark’s second-largest city, to recover artifacts including animal bones, stone tools, arrowheads, a seal tooth and a worked piece of wood. The discovery is part of a €13.2 million ($15.5 million) EU-funded project to map ancient sunken landscapes across the Baltic and North Seas.
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Researchers say the finds were preserved “like a time capsule” when post-ice age sea levels rose by two meters per century, submerging Mesolithic settlements.
Scientists hope the excavation will shed light on how early hunter-gatherer societies adapted to drastic coastal changes — insights that resonate today as modern communities confront climate-driven sea level rise.
The project will continue with further digs in Denmark, Germany and the North Sea.
Source: Agency