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Purpose of Mysterious Ice Age Tool Revealed
ExplorersWeb ^ | February 4, 2024 | Martin Walsh

Posted on 06/04/2024 7:40:15 AM PDT by SunkenCiv

A few years ago, archaeologists working in Hohle Fels Cave in southwestern Germany unearthed some mysterious ice-age objects. The team found 13 pieces of carved mammoth ivory that fit together to form what they described as a "perforated baton, with four holes containing precisely carved spiral grooves." ...archaeologists Nicholas Conard (from the University of Tubingen in Germany) and Veerle Rots (from the University of Liege in Belgium)... argue that the 35,000-year-old ivory baton is a tool for making rope. Researchers were fairly sure that Paleolithic people used rope or twine, but the evidence was limited to depictions in art and a few impressions in clay. While evidence that ice-age people used rope was limited, there was no evidence illuminating how they manufactured it. Therefore the paper's conclusion is a major breakthrough... Microscopic examination revealed fiber remnants around the grooves. Conard and Rots compared these fibers with sediment samples from around the artifact to rule out simple contamination from the environment. They found that the soil contained few plant fibers. As a final test, Conard and Rots made a perforated baton of their own and tested it. Using the grooved holes they found that they could twist thick cords of up to four strands quickly and efficiently. They tested a few materials believed to be common during the period including deer sinew, flax, hemp, and others. They found cattail and willow fibers produced the best results.

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TOPICS: History; Science; Travel
KEYWORDS: godsgravesglyphs; paleolithic; rope
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To: null and void
That’s not a bow om

Maybe it's a bow wow? I'll leave it up to you

41 posted on 06/05/2024 4:15:46 PM PDT by Hot Tabasco
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To: SunkenCiv
This one is pretty cool too.

Rust n Jute Fire Roll... Completely Surprised When It Burst Into Flames

42 posted on 06/05/2024 4:19:57 PM PDT by higgmeister (In the Shadow of The Big Chicken! )
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