Basques Were Fishermen More Than 8,000 Years Ago

EITB24 ^ | 6-13-2006

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Basques were fishermen more than 8,000 years ago

06/13/2006

The Basques that settled 8,300 years ago in the Jaizkibel Mountain near the Basque coast were skillful enough to go fishing two kilometres out to sea.

The human beings that lived in the Basque Country in the Mesolithic, more than 8,000 years ago, set sail out to sea fishing, something which meant 50 percent of their diet, Aranzadi society of sciences reported Tuesday after examining archaeological remains found in Gipuzkoa.

They did not hunt whales, as their descendants many years after, neither tuna nor anchovy as the current Basque fishermen but the Basques that settled some 8,300 years ago between the Pasaia and Hondarribia coast, were skillful enough to set sail one or two kilometres out to sea to fish.

Moving from Paleolithic to Neolithic and immersed in climatic and cultural changes, men had no alternative but to search for new ways to get food and made their way out to sea, Alvaro Arrizabalaga, member of the Aranzadi Society of Sciences and Prehistory professor at the Basque Public University explains.

The remains discovered in Gipuzkoa show a man between 30 and 40 years old with a diet consisting on some species of fishes that are usually caught some kilometres far from the coast. Other human remains found in some caves in the Spanish region of Asturias showed similar conclusions.

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Soon, they'll be telling us that some were caught in a storm and driven all the way to the Americas, er?

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GGG Ping.

The Relationship Between The Basque And Ainu

[Mikey_1962]

Yes but did their bistro have a drive thru window so I can pick up my fish & chips at night?

[TexasCajun]

Moving from Paleolithic to Neolithic and immersed in climatic and cultural changes, men had no alternative but to search for new ways to get food and made their way out to sea

Is the author saying Man was responsible for climate change 8000 yrs ago?
He must have watched Algore's movie.

[GreyFriar]

More important, did they discover america before anyone else? Time for them to lay in their claim!

[Mike Darancette]

Soon, they'll be telling us that some were caught in a storm and driven all the way to the Americas, er?

After all a Basque was the first to make it around the world.

[Mike Darancette]

More important, did they discover america before anyone else?

When the earliest European explorers navigated around Greenland they found Basque fishing boats going after cod.

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"When the earliest European explorers navigated around Greenland they found Basque fishing boats going after cod."

Numerous references to that here.

[Mike Darancette]

Numerous references

"THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN BASQUE AND THE ESKIMO LANGUAGE" was particularly interesting.

[zot]

Sure, the Basques sailed to America. That's how the American Indians got basquets.

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks Blam. Of course, there were no Basques 8,000 years ago. :')

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[nopardons]

bttt

[JohnnyZ]

Soon, they'll be telling us that some were caught in a storm and driven all the way to the Americas, er?

How else do you think fish came to America? They were here before Columbus, clearly.

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