Detecting strange 5,500-year-old fingerprints on ancient ceramic pots

Danish archaeologists discovered fingerprints dating back to 5,500 years and much evidence of how people lived thousands of years ago.

Strange fingerprint detection of 5,500 years old

Danish archaeologists unexpectedly discovered mysterious fingerprints dating to about 5,500 years old on ceramic pots when conducting surveys before constructing the Femern Belt tunnel that floated on the German island of Fehmarn to the country's islands. this.

Fingerprint (left), ceramic vase (right)

The vessels made of smooth ceramics, without decorative figures, are simple forms, representing the first farmers in Scandinavia and Northern Europe plains (4,000-2,800 BC).

Scientists found the vase in the southern waters of Lolland, Bullet Circuit . Line Marie Olesen, an archaeologist at the Lolland-Falster museum, said: ' This is one of the three vases, originally used to store some food and liquids, as part of the rite of the local people.' .

Line Marie Olesen said: ' The fragile, fragmented fingerprints are an anonymous but bold signature type. This gives us a better understanding of their predecessors and their activities. '

During the tunnel survey, archaeologists discovered many evidence of human activity from thousands of years ago.

In 2014, it was discovered that the ax dates to about 5,500 years old. The ax was pinned to the location that was once known as the seabed, in the Stone Age . Researchers believe that the southern coast of Lolland was used as a sacrifice.

Also last year, people also discovered intact footprints of people from the Stone Age 5,000 years ago. According to scientists, this is the footprint of at least two fishermen. They left footprints while trying to reinforce the fish fence that was flooded by the storm. The fish-posting system plays an important role in the life of the Stone Age people.