8,500-year-old village discovered beneath Albanian lake is oldest known in Europe [View all]
Scientists have possibly found one of Europe's earliest sedentary communities sheltered behind a fortress of defensive spikes beneath one of the oldest lakes in the world.
The discovery beneath Lake Ohrid in the village of Lin, Albania, confirms that lakeshore settlements of the region — which straddles the mountainous border of North Macedonia — are much older than archaeologists' expected, said Albert Hafner, a professor of archaeology from Switzerland's University of Bern, in an interview with the university.
The findings made by Swiss and Albanian archaeologists’ with the help of professional divers indicate that Lin served as a hub for the development of agriculture, craftsmanship and fishing around 8,500 years ago, making it the oldest lakeside village discovered to date and even older than similar ones found in southern Italy and throughout Europe.
Until the EXPLO project’s finding, the oldest previously known settlements in the Mediterranean and Alpine regions were several hundred years younger. The new radiocarbon date points to between 6000 and 5800 BC as a time mark for one of Europe’s earliest settlement of stilt houses.
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