LEIZA, MONREPOS and Durham University At the Ice Age site of Gönnersdorf near Neuwied am Rhein, researchers from the Archaeological Research Centre and Museum for Human Behavioral Evolution MONREPOS, a facility of the Leibniz Centre for Archaeology (LEIZA), together with scientists from the University of Durham in England, have made a significant discovery. Using modern imaging methods, detailed engravings of fish on slate slabs became visible, overlaid with grid-like patterns. These patterns are best interpreted as depictions of nets or fish traps and provide the first archaeological evidence of early fishing techniques in the late phase of the Late Paleolithic (ca. 20,000–14,500 BC). The engravings add practical and symbolic elements to the known repertoire of Ice Age art and indicate that fishing also had a social component in the life of the hunter-gatherer societies of that time. Man and Bird Join Forces: The Unique Tradition of Cormorant Fishing Fishing Tackle Used to Catch Monster Carp 12,000 Years Ago, Says Study Read moreSection: ArtifactsAncient TechnologyAncient WritingsNewsHistory & ArchaeologyRead Later