Sunday, August 26, 2012

Hermitage archaeological dig drawings

These are my photos of the drawings, scans are coming...thankfully
These artefacts were found in peat around the Dvina River, Smolensk region, Russia and in the silt riverbed, they are from two Neolithic pile-dwelling sites, around 4–5,000 years old.
Spearhead made from animal (elk?) bone

Fishing net sinker, clay wrapped in reed

Fishing net sinker, stone wrapped in reed

Stone sinkers and net made from twisted reeds

What the fishing net and wooden fence found would have looked like in the river

Fishing trap not being used

Fishing trap in place

Pile-dwelling 

Pile dwellings location along the river and activity next to the river

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