From FOX News:
'Incredible' 900-year-old copper arrowhead discovered on Canadian mountain
A rare copper arrowhead discovered on a remote Canadian mountain is almost 900 years old, archaeologists have confirmed.
The arrowhead, which is at the tip of a perfectly preserved antler arrow, was found sticking out of an ice patch in Canada’s Yukon Territory. The find, which was made in 2016 on an unnamed mountain, surprised experts.
“It was found near the top of a snow-capped mountain in South West Yukon,” Yukon Archaeologist Greg Hare told Fox News. “It was an incredible discovery, we really didn’t intend to be on that [ice] patch on that day."
And a bit more:
Archaeologists have recovered about 250 objects from melting ice patches in Southern Yukon, almost all of which have been bows and arrows or throwing darts.
What is not mentioned in the article is that, by definition, this area was relatively ice-free 900 years ago. It was then ice covered and now the ice is melting again.
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