Melting Snow Patches Uncover Ancient Artifacts

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following cultural migrations.
29 August 2013 Last updated at 02:14 ET

Ancient artefacts found in melting snow

By Melissa Hogenboom Science reporter, BBC News

The well-worn tunic was incredibly well preserved and was made from wool

An Iron Age tunic is among the discoveries found under melting snow on Norwegian mountains.

Other findings include Neolithic arrows and bow fragments, thought to be about 6000 years old.

Snow on the Norwegian mountains, and elsewhere, is rapidly melting due to climate change, which is now unveiling a world of well preserved new discoveries.

Arrow heads were thought to be lost by Neolithic
hunters

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The findings are published in two papers in
the journal Antiquity.         http://antiquity.ac.uk/ant/087/ant0870728.htm