<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><br><div>The invention of making fishhooks by drilling technique (described in David 2004:117) is dated to the Early Mesolithic, although the drilling technique itself in known from the Upper Paleolithic.</div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div><div class="MsoNormal"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="2"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;">DAVID É. (2004) Fiche Transformation des matières dures d'origine animale dans le Mésolithique de l'Europe du Nord. In, dir. D. Ramseyer, Fiches de la Commission de Nomenclature de l'Industrie Osseuse, Cahier XI « Matières et Techniques », Industrie de l'Os Préhistorique (Éditions de la Société Préhistorique Française) : 113-149. </span></font></div></div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>and </div><div>to the attention of all WBRG members </div><div>and </div><div>before knowing about our next publication....</div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div><span></span></div></body></html>