Photos: Ancient Arrows from Reindeer Hunters Found in Norway

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Reindeer herd

reindeer hunter arrows

(Image credit: J. H. Barrett)

A reindeer herd crosses over an ice patch.

Wooden ski

reindeer hunter arrows

(Image credit: Aud Hole, secretsoftheice.com/Oppland County Council)

A wooden ski that dates to A.D. 700: This is the second ski on record in the world to have preserved binding.



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Laura Geggel
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Laura is the archaeology and Life's Little Mysteries editor at Live Science. She also reports on general science, including paleontology. Her work has appeared in The New York Times, Scholastic, Popular Science and Spectrum, a site on autism research. She has won multiple awards from the Society of Professional Journalists and the Washington Newspaper Publishers Association for her reporting at a weekly newspaper near Seattle. Laura holds a bachelor's degree in English literature and psychology from Washington University in St. Louis and a master's degree in science writing from NYU.