Uploaded March 2024 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
The submerged site of La Marmotta in Lake Bracciano near Rome, has yielded amazingly well-preserved artefacts over the past few decades of excavations. From analysing their textiles, baskets, wooden utensils and house remains, archaeologists have slowly built up a picture of how the Neolithic inhabitants of this settlement lived. It was at La Marmotta that the oldest boats found so far in the Mediterranean were discovered. These five canoes, parked next to the houses, which had been suddenly abandoned, are large enough to have been used for lake, river and sea navigation. In this video I discuss the latest study on these ancient canoes.
#ancienthistory #mediterranean #neolithic
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00:00 The Oldest Boats in the Mediterranean?
01:16 When Did Humans First Take to the Sea?
02:26 La Marmotta: A Remarkable Discovery
05:14 Inside the Oldest Boats Ever Found
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Gibaja JF, Mineo M, Santos FJ, Morell B, Caruso-Fermé L, Remolins G, et al. (2024). The first Neolithic boats in the Mediterranean: The settlement of La Marmotta (Anguillara Sabazia, Lazio, Italy). PLoS ONE 19(3): e0299765. doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0299765
Mineo M, Mazzucco N, Rottoli M, Remolins G, Caruso-Ferme L, Gibaja JF. Textiles, basketry and cordage from the Early Neolithic settlement of La Marmotta, Lazio. Antiquity. 2023; 97(392):314-330.
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Images and diagrams about the canoes at La Marmotta, credit: Gibaja, JF., et al. in the paper referenced above.
Images of other artefacts at La Marmotta, credit: Mineo, M., et al. in the paper referenced above.
CC BY-SA 4.0 creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0
Map of the spread of farming during the Neolithic, credit: Gronenborn, D., et al.
The submerged site of La Marmotta in Lake Bracciano near Rome, has yielded amazingly well-preserved artefacts over the past few decades of excavations. From analysing their textiles, baskets, wooden utensils and house remains, archaeologists have slowly built up a picture of how the Neolithic inhabitants of this settlement lived. It was at La Marmotta that the oldest boats found so far in the Mediterranean were discovered. These five canoes, parked next to the houses, which had been suddenly abandoned, are large enough to have been used for lake, river and sea navigation. In this video I discuss the latest study on these ancient canoes.
#ancienthistory #mediterranean #neolithic
✨ IN THIS EPISODE
00:00 The Oldest Boats in the Mediterranean?
01:16 When Did Humans First Take to the Sea?
02:26 La Marmotta: A Remarkable Discovery
05:14 Inside the Oldest Boats Ever Found
✨ JOIN MY CHANNEL
youtube.com/channel/UC0Hs5t0U6Uf993Tba22YmKA/join
✨ FOLLOW ME ON SOCIALS
Bluesky: @MegalithHunter.bsky.social
✨ REFERENCES
Gibaja JF, Mineo M, Santos FJ, Morell B, Caruso-Fermé L, Remolins G, et al. (2024). The first Neolithic boats in the Mediterranean: The settlement of La Marmotta (Anguillara Sabazia, Lazio, Italy). PLoS ONE 19(3): e0299765. doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0299765
Mineo M, Mazzucco N, Rottoli M, Remolins G, Caruso-Ferme L, Gibaja JF. Textiles, basketry and cordage from the Early Neolithic settlement of La Marmotta, Lazio. Antiquity. 2023; 97(392):314-330.
✨ PHOTOGRAPH CREDITS
CC BY 4.0 DEED creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
Images and diagrams about the canoes at La Marmotta, credit: Gibaja, JF., et al. in the paper referenced above.
Images of other artefacts at La Marmotta, credit: Mineo, M., et al. in the paper referenced above.
CC BY-SA 4.0 creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0
Map of the spread of farming during the Neolithic, credit: Gronenborn, D., et al.
