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Inuit whaler's leftovers from four centuries ago are still detectable due to elevated nutrient levels in the ponds that were next to where they butchered their

• arethuza 8y ago
  Near to the Scottish village where I grew up there was a cliff sided promontory reaching out into the sea - this had once held a Pictish fort from well over 1000 years ago and you can easily pick out fragments of burned wood from areas of erosion. Perhaps it was burned down as part of an early Viking raid (there were notable battles against the Vikings in the area) - who knows? Edit: Stuff like that is one of the reasons I love living in the UK - the hill behind the house where I currently live has a staggering amount of history - from a Roman camp of Agricola, to a dark age fort, to medieval stuff, 19th century industry and 20th century wars. And that's one small fairly unexceptional hill.....
  • toomanybeersies 8y ago
    That's what I find so fascinating about living in New Zealand. There are pubs in the Europe that are older than the first human settlements in New Zealand. Sean's Bar in Ireland dates back to 900 CE. The first people to arrive in New Zealand, the Maori, arrived c. 1300 CE. New Zealand was the last major land mass to be settled by humans apart from Antarctica. In 700 years, humans managed to destroy 2/3 of New Zealand's forest cover and drive to extinction the largest bird in existence (at the time) and also the largest eagle in existence: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_New_Zealand_animals_extinct_in_the_Holocene https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_New_Zealand_animals_ex...