12,000-year-old spinning machine uncovered in northern Israel
A 12,000-year-old tool used to spin fibers into yarn has been identified in an archaeological dig in northern Israel, ...
Smithsonian Magazine on MSN9 天
These Mysterious 12,000-Year-Old Pebbles May Be Early Evidence of Wheel-Like Tools ...
Researchers in Israel suggest the roughly donut-shaped artifacts could be spindle whorls, representing one of the oldest ...
IFLScience11 天
12,000-Year-Old Spinning Pebbles May Have Set Humanity’s Wheels In Motion
After testing out replicas of the ancient devices, the authors of a new study suggest that they were functional spindle ...
TiogaPublishing.com9 天
12,000-year-old stones may be oldest example of wheel-like tech
Some 12,000-year-old stones have been discovered, which may be the oldest example of wheel-like tools. The spindle whorls ...
The Times of Israel on MSN11 天
12,000-year-old Stone Age site in Israel reveals first evidence of wheel technology
Over 100 small stone objects from Neolithic period are the earliest instance of 'spindle whorls,' used to spin fibers into ...
Hackaday5 年
Hand-Made Drum Carder Gets Wool Ready For Spinning
We might be familiar with shearing the sheep, spinning the wool into yarn, or knitting and weaving ... and of course it requires either an expensive tool, or one you build on your own.
Knowridge10 天
12,000-year-old stones could be ancient tools leading to wheel technology
Archaeologists in Israel have uncovered a collection of 12,000-year-old perforated stones that might represent one of ...