Ancient Secrets Unearthed: 5,000-Year-Old Fishing Site on Iran’s Coast Challenges History
The Prehistoric Fishing Site In Iran
According to reporting from Irani News, the prehistoric objects were found at the Kopal site along the Makran coast in southeastern Iran.
Dating back as far as the fourth millennium B.C.E, the hoard of prehistoric objects at the Kopal site consists largely of fishing equipment, including fishing hooks and weights, stone tools, and a collection of shells, animal bones, and pottery shards that offer a look at what prehistoric people in the region ate.
“These discoveries include not only stone tools from the Paleolithic period but also unprecedented evidence of fishing tools such as fishing hooks and net weights,” excavation team leader Morteza Hessari said, “indicating the sustained use of marine resources in this region during prehistoric times.”
Morteza Hessari/Tehran TimesThis prehistoric stone fishing tool is roughly 5,000 years old.
Of all the finds, perhaps the most exciting was a fishing weight unearthed in a trench alongside shells, bones, and pottery shards that dates back roughly 5,000 years. Such a find is an indication of how prehistoric societies interacted with their environment and displays the ingenuity of their tool-making.
“Laboratory studies of these marine remains could provide valuable insights into the aquatic species utilized by the inhabitants of this area during the late prehistoric period,” Hessari remarked.
But, he warned, archaeologists are also running out of time.
A Site In Danger Of Disappearing
According to Hessari, the excavations at the Kopal site were completed ahead of work on a new road, which may permanently damage the site.
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