> Until recently, the sophisticated technology had been overlooked by Western science.
This feels like an overstatement. Fish traps are a very well-understood technology, and we've always known coastal people used them. This discovery is significant because of its scale, and how the site itself was overlooked, not because it represents evidence of previously-ignored technology.
This feels like an overstatement. Fish traps are a very well-understood technology, and we've always known coastal people used them. This discovery is significant because of its scale, and how the site itself was overlooked, not because it represents evidence of previously-ignored technology.