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15,800-year-old engraved plaquettes from modern-day Germany depict fishing techniques, including the use of nets, not previously known in the Upper Paleolithic

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Upper Palaeolithic fishing techniques: Insights from the engraved plaquettes of the Magdalenian site of Gönnersdorf, Germany
Plaquette 282. Dimensions of engraving: 6cm (L) x 5cm (W); Location: Central part of a fragmented plaquette, flat surface; Fish: Fusiform shape, cranial, dorsal, and ventral sections, partial forked tail; Engraving: Fish first, followed by the net; fish at the center. Credit: Robitaille et al., 2024, PLOS ONE, CC-BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

15,800-year-old engraved plaquettes from modern-day Germany depict fishing techniques, including the use of nets, not previously known in the Upper Paleolithic

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Article URL: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0311302

Article Title: Upper Palaeolithic fishing techniques: Insights from the engraved plaquettes of the Magdalenian site of Gönnersdorf, Germany

Author Countries: Germany, U.K.

Funding: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft DFG (Germany) - AHRC (UK) Memorandum of Understanding Grant DFG-Projekt GZ: GA 683/13-1 (AOBJ: 647648); AHRC (UK) AH/V002899/1) Kunst und Haushalt im Paläolithikum: Psychologie im häuslichen Alltag vor 16.000 Jahren in Gönnersdorf (Rheinland). The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.

PLOS ONE

10.1371/journal.pone.0311302

Upper Palaeolithic fishing techniques: Insights from the engraved plaquettes of the Magdalenian site of Gönnersdorf, Germany

6-Nov-2024

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Keywords

Anthropology Archeology Fishing Social Sciences

Article Information

Journal
PLOS ONE
DOI
10.1371/journal.pone.0311302
Article Publication Date
2024-11-06
Article Title
Upper Palaeolithic fishing techniques: Insights from the engraved plaquettes of the Magdalenian site of Gönnersdorf, Germany
COI Statement
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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Hanna Abdallah
PLOS
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PLOS. (2024, November 6). 15,800-year-old engraved plaquettes from modern-day Germany depict fishing techniques, including the use of nets, not previously known in the Upper Paleolithic. Brightsurf News. https://www.brightsurf.com/news/1EOJJQ5L/15800-year-old-engraved-plaquettes-from-modern-day-germany-depict-fishing-techniques-including-the-use-of-nets-not-previously-known-in-the-upper-paleolithic.html
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"15,800-year-old engraved plaquettes from modern-day Germany depict fishing techniques, including the use of nets, not previously known in the Upper Paleolithic." Brightsurf News, Nov. 6 2024, https://www.brightsurf.com/news/1EOJJQ5L/15800-year-old-engraved-plaquettes-from-modern-day-germany-depict-fishing-techniques-including-the-use-of-nets-not-previously-known-in-the-upper-paleolithic.html.