Rope making in the Aurignacian of Central Europe more than 35,000 years ago
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Publication Date
2-2-2024
Publication Title
Science Advances
Volume Number
10
Issue Number
5
Abstract
Evidence for the manufacture and use of fiber technology such as rope and twine is rare in the Paleolithic, despite the widely held view that such artifacts were in regular use during the Pleistocene. On the basis of the discovery of a more than 35,000-year-old perforated baton made from mammoth ivory at Hohle Fels Cave in Ach Valley of southwestern Germany together with experimental studies, we are now able to demonstrate one way people of the early Upper Paleolithic manufactured rope. This work contributes to our understanding of the evolution of technology, cooperative work, and Paleolithic social organization.
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Article
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.adh5217
Language
English
Recommended Citation
Conard, Nicholas J. and Rots, Veerle, "Rope making in the Aurignacian of Central Europe more than 35,000 years ago" (2024). KIP Articles. 9975.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/kip_articles/9975
