The Pesse canoe
The oldest known boat: a dugout of Scots pine
This three-metre canoe, hollowed out of a single Scots pine with flint or antler tools, is radiocarbon-dated to between 8040 and 7510 BC. It is the oldest known boat, made for hunters and fishers in a landscape of marshes, creeks and lakes.
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The oldest known boat is about 10,000 years old. The three-metre Pesse canoe from the Netherlands was hollowed out of a single pine trunk with stone or antler tools between 8040 and 7510 BC. Share →