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Stone Age settlement found under the sea in Denmark

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198 points isaacfrond | 2 comments | 29 Aug 25 07:39 UTC | HN request time: 0.49s | source
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Empact ◴[02 Sep 25 02:38 UTC] No.45098579[source]▶
Given human propensity to settle near bodies of water (exhibited even to this day), and the change in sea levels after the last ice age, the bulk of intra-ice age settlement artifacts are probably submerged within a relatively short distance from our existing coastlines. I would be personally interested in an effort to systematically investigate these areas.
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1. rhplus ◴[02 Sep 25 02:58 UTC] No.45098703[source]▶
A recent episode of The Ancients talks about how oil and mineral exploration companies have been sharing their seismic mapping data of Doggerland with archeologists:

https://shows.acast.com/the-ancients/episodes/doggerland-the...

Partnering with industries that are mapping areas is certainly the only cost effective way for academic to work in submerged landscapes:

https://archaeology.org/issues/march-april-2022/letters-from...

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2. kennyloginz ◴[02 Sep 25 05:53 UTC] No.45099555[source]▶
That’s awfully short sighted.