History
The dugout was a type of boat widely used by ancient people and is an integral part of the history of mankind. As archaeological findings show, already 8000 years ago, man was able to hollow out an entire tree trunk in such a way as to transform it into a boat. To this day, dugouts are used in many parts of this world, for instance in Africa, South America, India and New Guinea.
As in former times, today the indigenes of these countries use dugouts for fishing. The fishermen go out to the deep open sea without outriggers or any other aids.
Archaeological finds have also shown that, once, the dugout was indigenous to the area of Lake Starnberg in southern Bavaria. Bavaria’s oldest dugout discovered to date (13 m long) was found near the „Roseninsel“, a small island in the middle of Lake Starnberg. This exhibit is now on public display at one of Munich’s major museums (»Archäologische Staatssammlung«
»Deutschen Jagd- und Fischereimuseum«).
You can find more information as below:
Eiche - Das Holz der Einbäume
Der Einbaum von Bernried
EMMA - Der Einbaum
Der latènezeitliche Einbaum von Kempfenhausen
The morokoro-team thanks bgfu for their support and cooperation. A special thanks also to Dr. Tobias Pflederer and Lino von Gartzen of bgfu for giving us permission to publish their articles on our website.
The dugout was a type of boat widely used by ancient people and is an integral part of the history of mankind. As archaeological findings show, already 8000 years ago, man was able to hollow out an entire tree trunk in such a way as to transform it into a boat. To this day, dugouts are used in many parts of this world, for instance in Africa, South America, India and New Guinea.
As in former times, today the indigenes of these countries use dugouts for fishing. The fishermen go out to the deep open sea without outriggers or any other aids.
Archaeological finds have also shown that, once, the dugout was indigenous to the area of Lake Starnberg in southern Bavaria. Bavaria’s oldest dugout discovered to date (13 m long) was found near the „Roseninsel“, a small island in the middle of Lake Starnberg. This exhibit is now on public display at one of Munich’s major museums (»Archäologische Staatssammlung«
»Deutschen Jagd- und Fischereimuseum«).
You can find more information as below:
Eiche - Das Holz der Einbäume
Der Einbaum von Bernried
EMMA - Der Einbaum
Der latènezeitliche Einbaum von Kempfenhausen
The morokoro-team thanks bgfu for their support and cooperation. A special thanks also to Dr. Tobias Pflederer and Lino von Gartzen of bgfu for giving us permission to publish their articles on our website.
