<![CDATA[Fishing about 3,500 years ago 🎣]]>Fishing about 3,500 years ago 🎣

Bronze Age copper-alloy fishing hooks, from the pile dwelling settlement at Meersburg-Haltnau/Lake Constance.

was a staple diet for pile dwellers - caught with hooks and lines, nets, harpoons, and fish traps.

📷 Archäologisches Landesmuseum Baden-Württemberg

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]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/topic/f035502f-dffe-40cc-83fa-349af504c9bd/fishing-about-3-500-years-agoRSS for NodeFri, 17 Apr 2026 02:49:15 GMTMon, 23 Mar 2026 10:10:44 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Fishing about 3,500 years ago 🎣 on Mon, 23 Mar 2026 14:20:56 GMT]]>@ninawillburger Notice the difference in the angle of the shanks, they were able to modify based on different fishing styles and/or types of fish. Same as used today.

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I wonder how the first people (I'd bet it was invented multiple times in history) came up with the idea of hooks (&bait) and fishing lines.🤔

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://climatejustice.social/users/MurmeltHier/statuses/116278035938256860https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://climatejustice.social/users/MurmeltHier/statuses/116278035938256860Mon, 23 Mar 2026 10:33:42 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Fishing about 3,500 years ago 🎣 on Mon, 23 Mar 2026 10:11:49 GMT]]>@ninawillburger I have to be honest, I first thought this was muslim Calligraphy. 😄

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://lsbt.me/users/Em/statuses/116277949827053941https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://lsbt.me/users/Em/statuses/116277949827053941Mon, 23 Mar 2026 10:11:49 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Fishing about 3,500 years ago 🎣 on Mon, 23 Mar 2026 10:11:44 GMT]]>@ninawillburger

You can't improve on perfect design, apparently.

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