World’s oldest, 29,000 year-old net sinkers found in Korea
- 6 years ago
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Fourteen fishing net sinkers found in a Korean cave could be the oldest of its kind in the world.
Radiocarbon testing suggests the ones found in Maedan Cave in Jeongseon, Gangwon-do Province, are around 29-thousand years old, placing them in the Upper Paleolithic Era.
According to the excavation team from Yonsei University Museum, the limestone sinkers are the earliest archeological evidence of fishing by mankind.
Previously, 10-thousand year old fishing net sinkers found in Japan and South Korea were thought to be the oldest.
Fourteen fishing net sinkers found in a Korean cave could be the oldest of its kind in the world.
Radiocarbon testing suggests the ones found in Maedan Cave in Jeongseon, Gangwon-do Province, are around 29-thousand years old, placing them in the Upper Paleolithic Era.
According to the excavation team from Yonsei University Museum, the limestone sinkers are the earliest archeological evidence of fishing by mankind.
Previously, 10-thousand year old fishing net sinkers found in Japan and South Korea were thought to be the oldest.