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Bone also interested the Neolithic craftsmen. Fishermen in particular turned to this material to make harpoons and fishhooks; but there is also a wide arsenal of needles, drills, rods for smoothing, pottery gauges and even hoes made of bone and sometimes even ivory. The utensils for fishing, which are so common at some sites, clearly show the place that fishing held in the Neolithic period. (IFAN Collection, Dakar, Senegal.) – 1969

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