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I have a feeling the bags photo is a modern digital reconstruction not the finds.


According to the paper, the pictures are the real deal.

The paper is here: https://www.science.org/doi/full/10.1126/sciadv.adi3055

The full list of finds is on this supplementary PDF: https://www.science.org/action/downloadSupplement?doi=10.112...

They're identified as baskets 579, 580 and 581.


Amazing! They did also find fragments, but those complete baskets are stunning.

> The three dated objects (579, 580, and 581) corresponding to the earlier occupation phase of the cave (phase 1) are 3D twined baskets made with raw esparto. They are well preserved compared with the other fiber-based materials, being almost complete and decorated with geometric motifs made with dyed fibers (Fig. 2A); some incorporate human hairs or pigments (Fig. 2B). Other baskets recovered at the cave (582, 583, 585, 586, 586a, 586b, 592, and 593) share similar morphologies, techniques, and raw material, suggesting that they are also related to phase 1.


Especially considering that they were discovered 150 years ago and probably not well taken care of during most of the interim.




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