A unique late bronze age copper fish-hook from Bet Dwarka Island, Gujarat, west coast of India: Evidence on the advance fishing technology in ancient India
Abstract
An onshore excavation was undertaken in Bet Dwarka Island, Gujarat, India to obtain the cultural sequence and to understand the man-sea relationship. A large number of pottery items, beads of stone, shell and terracotta were found, besides copper artifacts. The recovered copper artifacts are coins, finger- and ear-rings and a well-preserved fish-hook. The present communication deals with the latter recovered from trench BDK-VI, located on the northern part of the island. Detailed discussions of its dating and a comparative study have been made here.
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