The fact that both the bit and the leather straps that have been fastened to the horse's head are preserved makes it possible to determine how old the bridle is.Photo: Espen Finstad / Secrets of The Ice / Innlandet County Municipality
Posted on 09/27/2023 7:44:36 AM PDT by SunkenCiv
Archaeologists have discovered an ancient bridle and other artifacts from a mountain pass almost 2,000 meters above sea level.
Near a mountain pass, not far from Norway's highest mountain Galdhøpiggen, archaeologists have found traces of horse travel.
A metal bit and parts of the leather straps that fasten around the horse's head have emerged from under the ice...
Traffic through a mountain pass on Lomseggen was at its peak during the Viking Age.
Snow and ice melting in the area has previously uncovered hundreds of ancient artifacts. They have revealed that Norwegians used this mountain pass for more than 1,200 years (link in Norwegian)...
The strap, or halter, which is attached to the bit, is especially exciting for the archaeologists...
Through carbon-14 dating, the archaeologists will find out if the find really is from the Viking Age...
They also found horse manure, textiles, horseshoes, leaf fodder, part of a horse snowshoe, a knife, and a variety of small wooden objects. Altogether around 150 items.
(Excerpt) Read more at sciencenorway.no ...
The fact that both the bit and the leather straps that have been fastened to the horse's head are preserved makes it possible to determine how old the bridle is.Photo: Espen Finstad / Secrets of The Ice / Innlandet County Municipality
1600’s tops..................
But, But, But, if this is the hottest temperatures EVER, how did this artifact from the Viking Era get buried UNDER all that snow??
Exactly it didn’t get buried up there, it was warm enough to work or travel up there and then it became cold and frozen and perhaps the climate is reverting back to where it was back then
I wonder if there was a mountain pass involved.
[singing] she was comin’ ‘round the mountain doin’ eighty, when the chain on her motorcycle broke...
/bingo
Cool! Guess they had global warming back in the day before global cooling took over.
The shoe is even more amazing, IMHO. But they still do have to date the items.
It figures that it’s only a partial. Tough break for the horse though.
I will never understand how the climate change/warming alarmists always ignore the Medieval warming period when an archaeological discovery obviously supports it, like this one- denial is not just a river in Egypt-and it makes them look stupid as well...
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