11,000-Year-Old Stone Age Hunting Structure Discovered in Baltic Sea

The submerged wall, made of over 1,600 stones, likely served as a reindeer hunting trap, challenging notions of Stone Age mobility and territoriality.

A Stone Age hunting structure, believed to be around 11,000 years old, was discovered submerged in the Baltic Sea, marking a significant archaeological find.
The structure, made of 1,670 stones stretching over half a mile, was likely used by hunter-gatherers to hunt reindeer.
Researchers from various institutions used modern geophysical methods and dives to study the wall, suggesting it was built on dry land before sea levels rose after the last ice age.
The discovery challenges previous notions about the mobility and territoriality of Stone Age hunter-gatherers, indicating they may have been more location-focused.
Comparable prehistoric hunting structures have been found in other parts of the world, including the United States and the Middle East, but this is the first of its kind in the Baltic Sea region.