Skip to main content

"Great is the power of memory that dwells in places." (from Cicero)

U-shaped Iron Age fishing hook

Bronze fishhooks

Evidence of fishing in Gröden

This simple nail has U-shaped bends in three places and has one rolled-up and one sharp end. This is evidence that fishing took place in Grödner Bach stream (Ladin: Derjon) during the prehistoric period. The bronze hook was excavated together with other bronze utensils (clasps, nails, button, ring) in an Iron Age dwelling from the 4th to the 2nd century B.C. at Col de Flam.

Main category:
Archaeology
Subcategory:
Household utensils
Epoch:Iron Age
Area(s):Ortisei
GPS coordinates:@11.67708,46.57575