LUND, SWEDEN—The International Business Times reports that researchers from Lund University have mapped an underwater site off the southern coast of Sweden with multibeam echosounder technology. Geologist Anton Hansson explained that 9,000 years ago, the sea level was more than 30 feet lower than it is today. The people who lived in this Mesolithic settlement, which was located near a lagoon, are thought to have had access to abundant fish. The archaeologists found stationary fish traps, and a 9,000-year-old pickax made of polished antler that may have been used to mount the traps. “We are not really sure how it’s used, as it’s the only one we have found,” Hansson said. “There’s been finds of stone axes looking similar which people think were replicas of this horn.” The ax had a crack in its shaft hole, and was found discarded in the refuse layer. For more, go to “Öland, Sweden. Spring, A.D. 480.”
