While playing near the school where she studies in Norway’s Vestland County, an eightyearold girl found a flint dagger nearly 4,000 years old. The discovery was announced on social media on May 2nd.
“I wanted to pick up a piece of glass and the stone was there,” the child, identified as Elise, told local media. The girl showed the “rock” to teacher Karen Drange, who noticed something odd about the object. The professor contacted a group of local researchers to study the item.
Properties of the dagger discovered by the girl
Archaeologist Louise Bjerre Petersen said the flint tool was a rare find. The object was found to have been made by people living on the North Sea coast in Denmark.
According to Petersen, the dagger was used for hunting. It likely dates from the Neolithic or Neolithic period on Earth, when humans sculpted stone tools and began to domesticate plants and animals, build permanent villages, and develop crafts such as pottery. The dagger will be cataloged and used for research at the Vestland County University Museum.
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