Dugout canoe from Noyen-sur-Seine
The dugout canoe of Noyen-sur-Seine ( French La Pirogue du Mésolithique de Noyen-sur-Seine ) was discovered in 1984 in Noyen-sur-Seine in the Seine-et-Marne department in France . The archaeological site contained a complex of Mesolithic wooden objects that are among the oldest in Europe (around 9000 years). In addition to the dugout canoe, there were a number of baskets and fishing nets . The wooden objects that had been stored in wet peat for millennia were referred to as "soaked".
The dugout canoe was found near a dead arm of the Seine and was made from the trunk of a pine tree . The excavation was probably carried out by fire. The 14C dating showed 7190 to 6450 BC. The dugout canoe was impregnated with polyethylene glycol and freeze-dried before it was handed over to the Musée de Préhistoire d'Île-de-France in Nemours . The boat is about 4.0 meters long, its original length was 5.0 to 6.0 meters. The width varies between 50 and 55 cm and its height is 20 cm.
A Carolingian dugout canoe was found 500 meters away. It is also in the Nemours Museum. It is made from an oak trunk and has similarities with the Mesolithic, although almost eight millennia separate them.
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literature
- Béat Arnold: Pirogues monoxyles d'Europe centrale, construction, typologie, évolution. In: Archéologie neuchâteloise , 20/21 (1995).
- Gérard Cordier: Pirogues monoxyles de France In: Bulletin de la Société préhistorique française 1972 pp. 206-211
- Daniel Mordant: La barque monoxyle carolingienne de Noyen-sur-Seine (Seine-et-Marne) In: Archaeonautica 1998 pp. 23-27
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