I wonder which came first, knotted nets or woven bags and cloth? Also such items made of reeds and pine needles as mats and containers. Surely a lot of soft materials made by women did not survive ss well as stone items like arrows and club heads which were more likely made and used by men.
Looking for such perishable materials has been one of James Adovasio’s focuses, uh, foci. D*** it, it’s been an important focus of James Adovasio.
https://search.brave.com/search?q=adovasio+archaeology
a related oldie (2006):
https://freerepublic.com/focus/chat/1689685/posts