{"id":31432,"date":"2024-08-30T05:58:36","date_gmt":"2024-08-30T12:58:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blinkbargain.com\/blog\/6000-year-old-submerged-bridge-found-in-spanish-cave-redefines-mediterranean-history\/"},"modified":"2024-08-30T05:58:36","modified_gmt":"2024-08-30T12:58:36","slug":"6000-year-old-submerged-bridge-found-in-spanish-cave-redefines-mediterranean-history","status":"publish","type":"blog","link":"https:\/\/blinkbargain.com\/blog\/6000-year-old-submerged-bridge-found-in-spanish-cave-redefines-mediterranean-history\/","title":{"rendered":"6,000-Year-Old Submerged Bridge Found in Spanish Cave Redefines Mediterranean History"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Researchers have pushed back the timeline of migration into Mallorca based on the age of a submerged rock bridge found in a cave on the island.<\/p>\n
The 25-foot-long (7.62-meter-long) bridge is about 6,000 years old, the team posited in a recent paper, pushing back recent estimates of human settlement to roughly 4,400 years ago. The team\u2019s research was published<\/a> today in Communications Earth & Environment<\/em>.<\/p>\n \u201cThe presence of this submerged bridge and other artifacts indicates a sophisticated level of activity, implying that early settlers recognized the cave\u2019s water resources and strategically built infrastructure to navigate it,\u201d Onac said in a University of South Florida release<\/a>.<\/p>\n The younger dates, Onac said, were derived from animal bones and pottery found in the far chamber of Genovesa Cave, on the west side of Mallorca. In its recent paper, the team dated overgrowths on speleothems in the cave, which grow exactly at sea level. Using those dates, the team was able to precisely reconstruct the water levels in the cave, revealing approximately when the bridge was constructed.<\/p>\n