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  • Possible 12,000-Year-Old Spindle Whorls Identified in Israel

    11/18/2024 9:36:08 PM PST · by SunkenCiv · 7 replies
    Archaeology Magazine ^ | November 14, 2024 | editors / unattributed
    More than 100 perforated soft limestone pebbles uncovered at the early village site of Nahal Ein-Gev II, which is located near the Sea of Galilee, may have been used as spindle whorls to produce yarn or cord some 12,000 years ago, according to a Haaretz report. The village was inhabited by the Natufians, who lived in the southern Levant between 15,000 and 11,500 years ago. Talia Yashuv and Leore Grosman of Hebrew University explained that prior to the invention of the spindle whorl, fibers were twisted together manually in a long and laborious process. In contrast, using a spindle whorl...