Archaeology: 8,000 Year-Old Pirogue (Boat) Found In Lake Bracciano

AGI ^ | 8-1-2005

[blam]

ARCHEOLOGY: 8000 YEAR-OLD PIROGUE FOUND IN LAKE BRACCIANO

(AGI) - Rome, Italy, Aug 1 - An 8,000 year-old pirogue was found in Lake Bracciano, in the area of the neolithic village La Marmotta.
"It's an exceptional example of ancient ship engineering, which proves the advanced knowledge of the peoples who lived here in 6000 BC" say the archaeologists who made the discovery, of the Prehistoric Museum 'Luigi Pigorini' in ROme.
More than 10m long, made out of a single oak trunk, the pirogue was still being made when it was abandoned for reasons we still don't know.
It was found at a depth of 10 metres. The boat will be displayed in late September, at the town hall of Anguillara Sabazia.

Research at La Marmotta is being carried out by a team led by Maria Antonietta Fugazzola, with the cooperation of Lazio's archaeology superintendence. (AGI) - 012047 AGO 05

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[hispanarepublicana]

Glad you clarified "boat" in the headline. For a while there I thought maybe it was a really stale sandwich.

[Khurkris]

really really old cajuns...

[PAR35]

the pirogue was still being made when it was abandoned for reasons we still don't know.

Obviously they started making it when the rains began, but didn't get it finished before the flood. Noah began construction before the rain started, so he got his boat finished in time.

[blam]

"Obviously they started making it when the rains began, but didn't get it finished before the flood. "

You may be on to something. The last Ice Age surge (melt) was 7-8,000 years ago. The Black Sea flooded 7,600 years ago. Who knows?

[martin_fierro]

Archaeology: 8,000 Year-Old Pirogue (Boat) Found In Lake Bracciano

That's gonna be one crunchy Pirogue, 'n'at.

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks Blam.

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Archaeology
March/April 2002
Volume 55 Number 2

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[PoorMuttly]

Hey! We thought it was a boat full of Pirogis!!!

I'm hungry now! No fair!

...but if they DO find an old boat full of pirogis........

[Dustbunny]

Neat

[SunkenCiv]

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