Researchers gave a detailed look into perforated stones collected out of excavations in Israel, and came to the conclusion ...
Over 100 perforated pebbles from a site near the Sea of Galilee showcase an early instance of the tech that reshaped humanity ...
A new study by researchers from Hebrew University has identified 12,000 years old spindle whorls — early tools used to spin ...
Twelve-thousand years ago, people in a coastal village in the Levant used stone weights on their spindles to spin thread faster and more evenly—and, some archeologists are arguing, in the process they ...
Over 100 small stone objects from Neolithic period are the earliest instance of 'spindle whorls,' used to spin fibers into ...
These could be the earliest discovered spindle whorls, technology that was then seemingly lost for 4000 years.
Early human cultures likely used stones as spindle whorls to spin fibers into yarn. A collection of perforated pebbles discovered at an archaeological site in Israel may be spindle whorls, marking a ...
A collection of perforated pebbles from an archaeological site in Israel may be spindle whorls, representing a key milestone in the development of rotational tools including wheels, according to a new ...
The stones studied by the team predate the cart wheels of the Bronze Age by thousands of years, highlighting a key milestone ...
A 12,000-year-old tool used to spin fibers into yarn has been identified in an archaeological dig in northern Israel, ...
Archaeologists in Israel have uncovered 12,000-year-old round stones with holes, potentially revealing the wheel's origins.