7,000-year-old canoes discovered in Italy show early development of maritime technology in the Mediterranean
A series of canoes estimated to be 7,000 years old have been discovered in the Neolithic (Late Stone Age) lakeshore village of La Marmotta, about 30 km northwest of the Italian capital Rome. These canoes offer new insights into the early development of maritime technology in the Mediterranean. The canoes date between 5700 BC and