The mysterious 1500-year-old Viking civilization was discovered through garbage

When Norway announced plans to expand Orland airport this year, archaeologists were delighted that they knew that the excavation process before construction could detect many artifacts of ancient Vikings. But the findings are beyond their expectations.

Orland Airport is located in the area where has changed dramatically after the last ice age ended. This place was once completely covered by a thick layer of ice. It was this ice layer that caused the Earth's crust to submerge below sea level.

As the glaciers melted, most of the area was still underwater, creating a secluded bay that today almost only has dry land on it. At the edge of this bay, archaeologists from the University of Science and Technology Museum Na have found artifacts that once existed as a wealthy Viking community.

Surveying on an area of ​​about 91 thousand square meters, the researchers discovered traces of long blocks, arranged in a U-shape, where villagers often meet, honor the head and possibly even storing food.

Viking jewelry is found.

In the following years, the team plans to excavate other villages with the Norwegian government's financial help.

Perhaps the most interesting discovery so far has come from Viking piles. Through understanding their trash, scientists can know everything from what they eat (mostly fish and seabirds) to what clothes they wear.

In these rubbish piles, scientists also discovered jewelry, green glass fragments from a glass that could be produced in the Upper Rhein Valley of Germany.

Ingrid Ystgaard, an archaeological archaeologist at the museum in a notice, said it was a very important discovery because it helped us to know: "The Vikings were so rich before that they had enough money to buy those this cup ".

She added that the area used to be a harbor, an ideal place "located in Trondheim Fjord, an important link between Sweden and Norway".

The amount of waste found has existed for about 1500 years, something that had never been found before in Norway. They were kept for such a long time because the Vikings here buried the sand under low acidity.

As a result, garbage does not decompose as quickly as in other regions during the Iron Age, where people just throw away garbage and not bury.