In Israel, the archaeologists during the excavation in the North found a gorgeously crafted fishing hooks, which were probably used to catch fish 20 thousand years ago.
according to Haaretz, the find was made on the banks of the Jordan river in Bradgate. In prehistoric times there was a lake called Hula. Archaeologists have unearthed artifacts that supposedly was used exclusively for catching fish over 10 thousand years.
According to experts, this place was a settlement. But here came the fishermen. The age of the oldest structures for catching fish found here is about 20 thousand years. They were probably abandoned about 10 thousand years ago.
This Park scientists call unique. It seems that people used to come here almost on the fishery. For this, the room had everything you need. For example, was discovered a basalt slab, which could be used in the manufacture of networks and tools as a work surface.
Archaeologists have discovered a large number of stones with drilled in them grooves. It could be weights for nets. Perhaps for the manufacture of nets and traps used water plants. Also was found a few gems, including two pieces of basalt that were processed and cut into eights. The smaller was used for attaching networks, and larger – as a heavy cargo, which sank to the bottom and held the chain in place.
Here they found more than two dozen artfully crafted of bone fishhooks. Scientists say they are very high quality and say that to use such a hook would consider it an honor and a modern fisherman. All hooks belong to natufians period – this culture flourished in this region in the period from 15 to 11.5 thousand years ago.
a Large number of fish bones indicates that people were here for some time. They probably ate fish, and harvested it for future use. The level of water in the prehistoric lake was not constant. He could then rise, then fall, causing the coastal strip could be muddy. That’s probably why people don’t build homes here.
the Authors write that Israel and the Levant dotted with encampments of times epipaleolithic – the transition time between the ice age and the emergence of agriculture in the Neolithic. Most epipaleolithic sites contain traces of permanent human habitation and permanent classes.
But it is rarely possible to document such a long period of use non-residential buildings, as in this case. Scientists believe that people were here not just fishing. Their prey was also clams, crabs, turtles and amphibians.
the full study is published in the journal�� PaleoAnthropology.
