Conjuring the Lost Land Beneath the North Sea
Map showing extent of Doggerland, a vast territory in northwest Europe that was above sea level 16,000 years ago, and the territory's diminishing size as ice melted and the North Sea rose. Illustration by Claus Lunau/Science Photo Library.
Via https://sciencemastodon.com/@ebender00/113606996477811407
I especially like the rivers
I’m interested in the rivers that aren’t there, too.
From what I read, those river valleys were very productive hunting areas, filled with rich ecosystems
Just give the Netherlands another couple hundred years...
And that's just the north sea. I'd like to see what the rest of the map looked like in the Mediterranean, the Spanish peninsula and most likely ... the many islands that would have dotted the Atlantic.
THERE MAY BE OTHER HENGES!
There already are multiple other standing stone circles in the UK
Though finding one in Doggerland would be really cool
Yes. Eddie izzard mentioned that Stonehenge was built after strawhenge and stickhenge got blown down by wolves.
WATERHENGE!
Also, a henge isn't a stone circle. It's a ring-shaped earthwork. What we think of as Stonehenge is a ring of Megalithic standing stones (not all standing stones are in a circle incidentally) in the middle of a henge.
The Drowned Lands.
The GARBA-BLAH-GAR-BAH-GLUB-GLUB Lands!
The great thing about our age of technology is how fast we can make progress now.
What took 16000 years back then, we can achieve in the next 100.
Doggerland was discovered when a dredging trawler brought up a block of peat and they found a stone tool inside. They were, of course, initially mystified about how a stone tool could end up inside peat under the ocean.
I went to the area of Texel this year in my country, which used to be part of Doggerland. (Texel is called an island but technically it's not, but that's for a different time).
There's a sea and life centre called Ecomare there, and they had a large exhibit about Doggerland (English link): https://www.ecomare.nl/en/discover-ecomare-on-texel/expositions/doggerland/
It was really interesting and worth a visit. They also had a seal sanctuary, tons of cool fish and cute merch.
Edit: here's a museum link with all the pieces that they found over the years: https://www.collectietexelsmuseum.nl/?query=search%3Ddepartment%3D%22Ecomare%22#/query/aea5e8c0-a56d-4e2a-b971-61e66c80f09d
I don't think they do this site in English though.
Wow that's really cool. I love the wooly rhinoceros.
But what about last week?