Antrea Net

Antrea Net
Pieces of the Antrea Net
MaterialWillow
Createdc. 8,540 BC
Discovered1913
Antrea, Grand Duchy of Finland, Russian Empire
Discovered byAntti Virolainen

The Antrea Net is one of the oldest known fishing nets in the world, found in 1913 in the village of Korpilahti on the Karelian isthmus in Antrea, then in Finland but now belonging to Russia. It is dated to 8540 BCE.

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