A wooden box, with the lid still on, is one of the most fantastic finds we have discovered from the melting ice😍 We wondered how old it was and what kind of wood had been used to make it. Not least did we wonder what was inside.
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When the results came back, the find became even more interesting. The box is made of pine wood, radiocarbon-dated to AD 1475-1635, so it is 400-500 years old. The content turned out to be beeswax!😮 What we are seeing inside the box is very likely the remains of a beeswax candle
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Such candle boxes are known from recent times here in Norway. They were used for transporting candles between the main farms and the summer farms. Now we know that such candle boxes were also used way back in time.
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The candle box was found on the ice of the Lendbreen ice patch, where an ancient trail had crossed the ice. You can read more about the lost mountain pass at Lendbreen here:
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@brearkeologi
at a time when boxes like this were likely special items, its contents speaks to its importance to the owner - a candle
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@brearkeologi
We used those at our cabin in the mountains. We use them for storing soil and worms that we use for fishing.
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