In an archaeological achievement, researchers from Kumamoto University have successfully reconstructed the structure of prehistoric fishing nets from the Jomon period (ca. 14,000–900 BCE) by analyzing ...

Rachel Feltman: What do you think of when you hear the word “archaeology”? Maybe your mind goes straight to Indiana Jones. Or perhaps you picture real-world academics in the field—ones who handle ...

X-ray computed tomography (CT) was used to examine and digitally reconstruct net impressions preserved in pottery from the Hidaka region of Hokkaido, Japan, dating to the Early Jomon period (referred ...

Nearly 2 million people in the United States go ice fishing every winter. For most, it’s a chance to get outside and enjoy ...

MOUTH OF WILSON, Va. (WFXR) — Tenkara comes from Japan – it is a fixed line method of fishing flies. While tenkara can be effective anywhere on any number of species, it is well-suited for fishing the ...

Introduction / Tonnes Bekker-Nielsen -- Fish as a source of food in antiquity / John Wilkins -- Sources for production and trade of Greek and Roman processed fish / Robert I. Curtis -- The ...

On the eve of the rise of the Maya civilization, people living in what’s now Belize turned a whole wetland into a giant network of fish traps big enough to feed thousands of people. We already know ...

As fish stocks dwindle, surf tourism may offer a lifeline to traditional caballitos de totora fishers, whose vessels are thought to be among the first ever used to ride waves Just before dawn, in a ...

MOUTH OF WILSON, Va. (WFXR) — With a subtle snap of the wrist the rod moved forward gently sending the line and fly in an elegant arc toward the mountain stream pool. The artificial bait splashed, ...