15,800-Year-Old Sketches Reveal People Were Fishing With Nets Much Earlier Than Thought

15,800-Year-Old Sketches Reveal People Were Fishing With Nets Much Earlier Than Thought

By Laura Simmons

Source: iflscience

11/6/2024

Credit: Robitaille et al., 2024, PLOS ONE, CC-BY 4.0

A series of ancient drawings at a Palaeolithic site in Germany appear to show fish caught in nets, suggesting that the use of this fishing technology may go back further than previously thought. Etched into stone plaquettes, the engravings have been dated to 15,800 years ago and form part of a large body of artworks uncovered at a prehistoric camp in Gönnersdorf.

A total of 406 decorated schist slabs have been found at the site, and while these have all been extensively studied in the past, the fishy features had until now gone unnoticed. However, using advanced imaging technologies like Reflectance Transformation Imaging (RTI), the authors of a new study were able to identify the netted creatures on eight of the plaquettes.

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