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Rope making in the Aurignacian of Central Europe more than 35,000 years ago

Year: 2024

Type: article

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.

Source: Science Advances

DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.adh5217

Authors: Nicholas J. Conard, Veerle Rots

Institutions: Senckenberg Centre for Human Evolution and Palaeoenvironment, University of Tübingen, University of Liège

Language: English

Topic: Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology

Subfield: Anthropology

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: gold

Estimated APC paid: $4,500

OpenAlex ID: W4391418280

FWCI: 13.78

Cites: 32

Cited by: 18

Related to: 10