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it (according to Mathiassen). The rope was double twined, and made
of tree bast, but the exact species of tree could not be determined.
Sludegaard Mose (West Coast of Fynen). Albrectsen 1954.
A rope fragment of double twined lime-bast, found through the handles
of a Early Neolithic handlejar which had been placed in a bog as an
offering, together with other whole pots, parts of domesticated animals,
and probably humans as well. No knot is mentioned in the description,
and an illustration of the piece could not be obtained.

Fig. 4. Bone point, lashed to a wooden shaft
Ulkersrtup Lyng. Source: Anderson, Sorgensen and
Richter 1982, p. 76, fig. G8
Tulstrup Mose (North Zealand) Beclier 1945; 1947.
Four fragments of rope, found, together with fragments of what perhaps
was a carrying net, inside an Early Neolithic handlejar which had been
placed in a bog as an offering. One of the rope fragments is said (Beclier)
to have a noose on one end, and therefore presumably also a knot. This
is, however, not specified. All four pieces were made of lime bast.
Ulkestrup Lyng, Amose (middle Zealand). Andersen, K. et al. 1982.
Two hut sites found at the edge of a former lake in the Amose, dating to