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Canoes discovered northwest of Rome are oldest boats ever found in Mediterranean
The 7,000-year-old vessels offer evidence of advanced seafaring technology and an extensive regional trade network, a new study suggests
But now that a team of international researchers revisited the site and published their findings in English in the journal PLOS One, scientists around the world are learning about the boats for the first time—and the bustling, sophisticated Mediterranean trade they suggest. Gibaja et al., 2024, PLOS ONE, CC-BY 4.0"These artifacts offer further insights into the daily lives, symbolic and technological capabilities of the ancient inhabitants," says Niccolò Mazzucco, the study’s senior author and an archaeologist at the University of Pisa, to LiveScience’s Jennifer Nalewicki. “These people were working wood with the same knowledge as a carpenter today, just with different tools.” Aerial and side images show the T-shaped object found at the site, with holes likely drilled for rope, allowing towing.
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