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As glaciers melt a new type of investigation, ice patch archaeology, is providing clues to ancient cultures:

 

Climate change is exposing reindeer hunting gear used by the Vikings' ancestors faster than archaeologists can collect it from ice thawing in northern Europe's highest mountains.

 

"It's like a time machine...the ice has not been this small for many, many centuries," said Lars Piloe, a Danish scientist heading a team of "snow patch archaeologists" on newly bare ground 1,850 meters (6,070 ft) above sea level in mid-Norway.

 

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100914/lf_nm_life/us_climate_vikings_1

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