Scientists from Germany, Jacob Geersen from the Leibniz Institut and Marcel Bradtmöller from the University of Rostock, discovered the remains of an approximately kilometer-long stone wall in the Bay of Mecklenburg (at the bottom of the Baltic Sea near the Rerik health resort in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern). According to scientists, it is the oldest building structure on our continent built by human hands.
An extraordinary discovery at the bottom of the Baltic Sea. It is the largest man-made structure in Northern Europe
Due to the fact that over 8.5 thousand years ago, the Baltic Sea flooded what people had built in this area, and there may be many undiscovered buildings at its bottom. One of them is the remains of a long stone wall – most likely the oldest in Europe. According to scientists, it was built by nomadic hunter-gatherers who hunted Eurasian reindeer. The wall helped to herd game during hunting. “Its structure works similarly to ancient traps in North America and the Middle East,” the website reported.
The wall lies at a depth of approximately 21 meters, 10 kilometers from the coastline, at the height of today’s Rerik health resort. It consists of almost 1,700 stones, which together weigh 142 tons. The find was named Blinkerwall. According to scientists, it is “the largest man-made structure in Northern Europe”, about which
According to scientists, it is unlikely that the rocks formed an “S” shape due to the action of glaciers, tsunamis or construction of nearby architecture. According to experts, the rocks are deliberately placed this way. The largest boulder is over 11,000 years old. kg and is located in the very center. The remaining rocks weigh less than 100 kg – so they could have been moved by people.
They checked the bottom of the Baltic Sea and discovered an old wall
Blinkerwall was discovered accidentally in 2021 while mapping the depth of the seabed using sonar. Strange protrusions were then discovered under the water. – When we found the rocks, I realized that it was probably not a natural process that brought them together – said Jacob Geersen, a marine geologist at the Leibniz Institut in Rostock, Germany, quoted by sciencenews.org.
Scientists now plan to take more sediment samples from under the rocks of the wall, as well as look for other artifacts near it. Thanks to them, they can learn more about the lives of people who lived in this area.
Source: Gazeta
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