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Archaeologists suggest Neolithic Scandinavians may have used skin boats to hunt

by alexahn on 9/11/24, 8:55 AM with 3 comments

• by timonoko on 9/11/24, 1:23 PM

  Andreas Paabo described ocean-crossing skin boat culture already some 30 years ago. http://www.paabo.ca/uirala/ui-ra-la.html

• by cheaprentalyeti on 9/11/24, 9:22 AM

  Well, it's also known that the Irish did so; their word for this sort of vessel was (is?) _currach_ or _curragh_.