They also cited Scandinavian rock art found in areas either inhabited by PWC people, or neighboring their territory.
Thats not to say the PWC didnt use canoe-like boats dug out of trees.
The skin boats were likely better suited to other uses.
Rock art image portraying a potential skin boat transporting two reindeer.© Martin Kristoffer Hykkerud/Journal of Maritime Archaeology
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Preserved boat fragments, shown here in a recreated drawing, hint that prehistoric Scandinavians used animal skins to cover their boats. © Christian Horn/Journal of Maritime Archaeology
