Antrea Net

The Antrea Net is the oldest known fishing net in the world, dated 9310±120 BP or in calendar years 8300 BC with radiocarbon dating. It was found by a farmer named Antti Virolainen in Antrea, Finland (today Kamennogorsk, Russia) in autumn 1913, while he was ditching a swamp meadow. The place was then excavated by the Finnish archaeologist Sakari Pälsi. The net is made out of willow and it is 27–30 metres long by 1.3-1.5 metres wide, with a 6 cm mesh. The net is estimated to have weighed about 30 kilograms when wet. The Antrea Net is on display in the National Museum of Finland.

Antrea Net

The Antrea Net is the oldest known fishing net in the world, dated 9310±120 BP or in calendar years 8300 BC with radiocarbon dating. It was found by a farmer named Antti Virolainen in Antrea, Finland (today Kamennogorsk, Russia) in autumn 1913, while he was ditching a swamp meadow. The place was then excavated by the Finnish archaeologist Sakari Pälsi. The net is made out of willow and it is 27–30 metres long by 1.3-1.5 metres wide, with a 6 cm mesh. The net is estimated to have weighed about 30 kilograms when wet. The Antrea Net is on display in the National Museum of Finland.