Revealing the Lost Secrets of Doggerland
Approximately 7,000 to 8,000 years ago, rising sea levels fed by melting glaciers submerged the land bridge that once connected the British Isles with mainland Europe, which scientists have named Doggerland. Little did anyone realize that archaeological treasures were lying buried on the bottom of the North Sea as a result of this deluge, in the form of artifacts left behind by hunter-gatherers who roamed the area during the last Ice Age.
These treasures remained hidden and inaccessible for thousands of years, until human ingenuity intervened. The 20th century invention of deep sea mechanical dredgers allowed engineers to scoop out tons of material from the bottom of the North Sea, which was then used to rebuild and refortify the eroding shoreline of the Netherlands.
Scientists Just Found Out What These Barbed Artifacts From a Vanished Land Really Are
22 DECEMBER 2020
In the ancient past, Europe was a very different place – once upon a time, Britain was yet tethered to the European continent.
Only millennia later, when that connection had long been severed, did modern humans start to rediscover ancient artefacts of stone age peoples that once dwelled in lands now hidden below the waves.
One of these lost realms – called Doggerland – lay in between Britain and the Netherlands, and its existence today is revealed in countless cultural objects that wash up along the shorelines of Dutch beaches.
Stone Age arrowheads made of human bones have been discovered in the Netherlands.
According to a new report, ancient hunters were selective about which skeleton they scavenged and used the remains of dead tribesmen whose hunting prowess they hoped to invoke.
Thousands of years ago, during a great glacier period, sea levels were considerably lower and the UK was connected to mainland Europe by a vast tract called Doggerland.
Hundreds of barbed points made of bone washed ashore in the Netherlands that are believed to have been made and used in Doggerland more than 7,000 years ago.
Archaeologists are certain the points were used in projectile weapons, probably arrows but possibly spears.