Topic ID #7881 - posted 6/15/2010 4:25 AM
Jennifer Palmer
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The Thunderstone Mystery: What's a Stone Age Axe Doing in an Iron Age Tomb?
Jennifer Palmer
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ScienceDaily (June 14, 2010) — "If one finds something once, it's accidental. If it is found twice, it's puzzling. If found thrice, there is a pattern," the archaeologists Olle Hemdorff and Eva Thäte say.
In 2005 the archaeologists investigated a grave at Avaldsnes in Karmøy in southwestern Norway, supposed to be from the late Iron Age, i.e. from 600 to 1000 AD. Avaldsnes is rich in archeological finds. They dot an area that has been a seat of power all the way back to around 300. Archaeologist Olle Hemdorff at the University of Stavanger's Museum of Archaeology was responsible for a series of excavations at Avaldsnes in 1993-94 and 2005-06.
"It became clear to us quite early that the grave had been plundered. The material in the grave had been messed up and now contained brick and porcelain fragments from younger layers of soil," Hemdorff says.
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In 2005 the archaeologists investigated a grave at Avaldsnes in Karmøy in southwestern Norway, supposed to be from the late Iron Age, i.e. from 600 to 1000 AD. Avaldsnes is rich in archeological finds. They dot an area that has been a seat of power all the way back to around 300. Archaeologist Olle Hemdorff at the University of Stavanger's Museum of Archaeology was responsible for a series of excavations at Avaldsnes in 1993-94 and 2005-06.
"It became clear to us quite early that the grave had been plundered. The material in the grave had been messed up and now contained brick and porcelain fragments from younger layers of soil," Hemdorff says.
Read the rest of the article here.
Post ID#17780 - replied 6/16/2010 12:07 PM
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What I find interesting about their conclusions of the stone is that they just simply assume it is a Stone Age tool instead of just being Stone Age technology. Would it not be perfectly feasible for someone during the Iron Age to have created a Greenstone Axe and placed it within the tomb as a ceremonial offering, etc? This especially since the provenience of all the stone axes found is within an Iron Age context. They mention cairns being reused but didn't specifically mention if there were any cairns within immediate vicinity of the Iron Age burials.
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