Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻‍💻🧬Feb 26, 2024
A #stoneage wall stretching for nearly a mile over the seabed in the Bay of Mecklenburg at the bottom of #BalticSea may by the oldest "#megastructure" in #Europe. Named the #Blinkerwall, it rests under about 70 feet of water and the best guess is that it was constructed by hunter-gatherers by a lake or marsh in about 8,000 B.C.
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2024/feb/12/stone-age-wall-found-at-bottom-of-baltic-sea-may-be-europes-oldest-megastructure
Stone age wall found at bottom of Baltic Sea ‘may be Europe’s oldest megastructure’

Structure stretches for almost a kilometre off coast of Germany and may have once stood by a lake

The Guardian
💧🌏 Greg CocksFeb 23, 2024
Wall Under The Baltic Sea - A 'Megastructure' Built By Stone Age Hunter-Gatherers
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https://www.npr.org/2024/02/22/1232694592/blinkerwall-stone-age-megastructure-hunting-underwater-baltic-sea <-- shared media article
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https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2312008121 <-- shared paper
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #remotesensing #sonar #marine #balticsea #baltic #seafloor #hydrospatial #archaeology #Mecklenburg #Germany #bay #seafloor #StoneAge #hunting #reindeer #hunters #huntergatherers #researchvessel #3dmodel #megastructure #holocene #UAV #hydroacoustic #imagery #sediment #sampling #paleolake #humandevelopment #Paleolithic #iceage #wall #blinkerwall
Arne KimmigFeb 14, 2024
A submerged Stone Age hunting architecture from the Western Baltic Sea
#archaeology: the #blinkerwall
paper:
https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2312008121?fbclid=IwAR14Sr79ilcEI03RHtHtgw9Yh_fUjz2ynhXHEVaDg7Cti_cxkOdJtinoXYk
Alan LewisFeb 12, 2024

ANCIENT MEGASTRUCTURE FOUND UNDER THE BALTIC SEA

ScienceAlert

Mysterious Ancient Megastructure Discovered Lurking Beneath The Baltic Sea

Humans
13 February 2024
By Michelle Starr

Beneath the cold, dark waves of the Baltic Sea, a hidden piece of history lurks. In Germany's Bay of Mecklenburg, 21 meters (69 feet) down, scientists have found an ancient stone megastructure, dating back to the Stone Age, more than 10,000 years ago.2 hours ago

https://www.sciencealert.com/mysterious-ancient-megastructure-discovered-lurking-beneath-the-baltic-sea

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#ancienthistory #ancientmegastructure #balticsea #bayofmecklenburg #blinkerwall #jacobgeersen #kieluniversity #mecklenburg #stoneage

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Mysterious Ancient Megastructure Discovered Lurking Beneath The Baltic Sea

Beneath the cold, dark waves of the Baltic Sea, a hidden piece of history lurks.

ScienceAlert