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MuseumsSite Name: Horsens Museum
Country: Denmark County: Midtjylland Type: Museum
Nearest Town: Horsens
Latitude: 55.860450N  Longitude: 9.849780E
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Horsens Museum
Horsens Museum submitted by neolithique02 : Axes with well-preserved wooden handles were also found at the bottom. (Photo: Claus Skriver) Site in Skanderborg Denmark (Vote or comment on this photo)
Museum in Denmark with collections of prehistoric material.

Horsens Museum, Sundvej 1A, Postboks 42, DK-8700 Horsens

Opening hours: September – June: 11.00 – 16.00. (Monday closed)
July – August: 10.00 – 16.00 (every day)

Museum website:
http://www.horsensmuseum.dk/

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Horsens Museum submitted by neolithique02 : The 6,000-year-old paddles were found exposed on the seabed. (Photo: Claus Skriver) Site in Skanderborg Denmark (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Scientists Find Otzi The Iceman Blood Sample by Sunny100 on Thursday, 03 May 2012
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Click on the link http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2012/may/02/otzi-iceman-blood-sample
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Organic tools found in Stone Age camp by Andy B on Sunday, 22 April 2012
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See also video and more at
http://sciencenordic.com/organic-tools-found-stone-age-camp
and in Danish
http://videnskab.dk/kultur-samfund/paddelarer-og-bue-fundet-pa-undersoisk-stenalderboplads
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Sensational new archaeological find reveals paddles and bow in underwater Stone Age s by Anonymous on Wednesday, 18 April 2012
Stone Age people didn't only use tools made out of rock – they also used tools made from wood and antlers, according to a new discovery in Danish waters.

The Stone Age settlement has been hidden under water and a thick layer of sand over millennia. But over the past few years, sea currents have exposed it by pushing the seabed aside.

Settlement known for decades
The village lies deep underwater by the coast in Horsens Fjord, Denmark.

Archaeologists have known about the site since the '70s, but due to the inaccessibility, it wasn't until a recent trip to the site by an archaeology student at Aarhus University that something started to stir.

Peter Alstrup went to his nearby beach to trace old footsteps from when he used to go to the beach with his parents. As part of his frequent swims along the coast back then, he had built himself a glass box through which he could study the seabed in great detail from the surface.

He had heard about an area where a Stone Age village was supposed to be buried. He often visited this area and found flint flakes from ancient times, and this is what made him want to go on and become an archaeologist.

More than a decade later, in the summer of 2010, Astrup went back to the beach, this time wearing a diving suit.

He noticed straight away that the seabed looked different, with most of the sand vanished from the subsurface. This enabled him to spot some beautifully shaped pieces of wood, which at some point had clearly been crafted by humans.

“As soon as I got home, I called up my local museum to tell them about what I had found. We agreed that I should go down and pick up few items and bring them in,” says Astrup, who is currently a PhD student of archaeology at Aarhus University.

He brought back with him undamaged antler axes, wooden knife handles and the skull of a dog.

When the archaeologists at the museum saw this, they realised they had run into something unique. They quickly assembled a group of archaeologists from the area who rushed into their digging.

Ideal location for excavation site
In many ways the area is ideally placed for archaeological excavation. Located just off the coast, it's neatly hidden away from all beach activities. But since it lies in shallow waters, excavation is relatively easy, regardless of whether the archaeologists wish to dig into the underground, chart the area or simply pick up objects from the bottom of the sea.

They looked specifically in a certain sediment layer under the sand, characterised by its low oxygen levels and its ability to preserve organic materials.

Here they found objects that revealed an industrious community of hunter-gatherers. These included beautifully ornamented antler axes with well-preserved wooden shafts and a highly surprising find of a pair of wooden rowing paddles, richly decorated with black patterns.

Anoxic sediment preserves wood
The archaeologists also found a 1.6-metre high wooden bow of a hitherto unknown type. These bows have probably been used some 6,000 years ago, when large parts of Denmark were covered in woods, making it an ideal hunting ground.

In addition, they also found a piece of string made out of bast fibres, which was as thick as a woollen thread. These strings are thought to have been used for frapping tools.

Excavation leader Claus Skriver of the Moesgård Museum explains what makes these finds so special:

“When we excavate settlements on land we only find tools of stone, since all organic matter has long since rotted away. This settlement is unique because we also found well-preserved objects made out of wood and antlers, and that gives a much more nuanced insight into how people lived back then.”

The excavation can also help the researchers find answers to some great questions such as whether the settlement wa

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    Re: Sensational new archaeological find reveals paddles and bow in underwater Stone A by Blingo_von_Trumpenstein on Wednesday, 18 April 2012
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    Wow - sensational finds. To see a complete antler axe with it's wooden haft is amazing. The markings on the paddles are exciting aswell.
    I eagerly await their next report.
    I am gagging to see the 'new type' of bow . . .
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      Re: Sensational new archaeological find reveals paddles and bow in underwater Stone A by Runemage on Wednesday, 18 April 2012
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      Higher resolution images of the two already seen
      http://marinmoesmus.files.wordpress.com/2011/01/hjarnc3b8-002.jpg
      http://marinmoesmus.files.wordpress.com/2011/09/img_0347.jpg

      My Danish is no good but could this be the bow, bue translates as arc.
      http://marinmoesmus.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/2011-12-14-13-51-44.jpg

      All images from this site http://marinmoesmus.wordpress.com/

      and a translator http://translation.babylon.com/danish/to-english/
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        Re: Sensational new archaeological find reveals paddles and bow in underwater Stone A by Blingo_von_Trumpenstein on Thursday, 19 April 2012
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        Thanks Rune,
        I asked my Danish axe man and he sent me that shot. Most interesting. I will try to get more info and post back. To my eyes it looks pretty similar to the Meare Heath longbow in design. I have an ash replica and it has the same grain direction - running front to back of the bow. Works well. Mine's 50lb but I have seen 90lb replicas from yew. Pretty accurate aswell. I can't imagine how much practice you would put in if your life depended on it.

        Off to the butt . . . I hear the Romans are coming . . .

        Blingo
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        Re: Sensational new archaeological find reveals paddles and bow in underwater Stone A by Runemage on Thursday, 19 April 2012
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        You're welcome Blingo. I do wish all the items mentioned in these articles could have an image or at least a link, I've lost track of how many objects I've read about as sensational or even interesting but never seen.

        Glad I found the right image of the bow, I'd not have recognised it in a million years, it was the translated text that gave me a small clue. I'd guess the archers in those days would be the same as now, most good, some better and a few exceptional, despite the need for self-preservation.

        Oh those pesky Romans...non illegitimus carborundum ;-)
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Sensational Stone Age discovery by coldrum on Friday, 30 January 2009
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Sensational Stone Age discovery

A young couple walking along Horsens Fjord in August this year made a sensational discovery – a 5-7,000 year old stone with a scratched motif.

The 13x10x4 cm. limestone shows a man with an erect phallus and two fish. Archaeologists at Horsens museum were taken aback, and immediately passed the stone on the National Museum to determine whether the motif was indeed from the Stone Age or simply a later work of art using an ancient style.

Ertebølle Culture
“But now we’re sure. We believe the stone to be from the Ertebølle Culture between 5,400 and 3,900 BC. It’s the sort of discovery that is only made once a decade,” says Horsens Museum Archaeologist Per Borup.

Apart from its phallic representation, the man in the motif seems to have some form of head dress with animal ears – possibly in the tradition of an Indian shaman.

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