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Archaeology excels in giving insights into the everyday lives of people in the past ... Sign up here ... Spindle whorls beside a fireplace suggest where the women of the house sat and spun both wool and yarns on cold winter nights ... Telling stories ... .
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Ars Technica
18 Nov 2024
Based on their uneven appearance and their varied sizes, it seemed that these weren’t beads, but spindle whorls. a flywheel-like piece that makes a drop spindle spin faster and more steadily ... spindle.
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The Advocate & Democrat
15 Nov 2024
The spindle whorls would feature in a wheel and axle arrangement to allow the spinning of fibers into yarn ... .
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New York Post
14 Nov 2024
They were perforated in the middle, leading scientists to believe that they were spindle whorls — circular weighted objects that attach to a spindle stick, forming the classic wheel-and-axle format ...
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New Scientist
14 Nov 2024
Dozens of perforated pebbles from an archaeological site in Israel may be early examples of spindle whorls, a rotating tool used in textile making that was a step towards inventing the wheel ... .
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Science Daily
14 Nov 2024
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 study ... .
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Ancient Origins
13 Nov 2024
According to a study published in PLOS ONE by researchers Talia Yashuv and Leore Grosman from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem , these 12,000-year-old stones likely served as spindle whorls, essential tools for spinning fibers into yarn.
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Interesting Engineering
13 Nov 2024
They propose that these stones, likely used as spindle whorls, represent an early form of rotational technology that could have influenced the development of later inventions, including the potter’s wheel and the cart wheel.
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IFL Science
13 Nov 2024
After testing out replicas of the ancient devices, the authors of a new study suggest that they were functional spindle whorls that could be used to spin fibers into yarn, and may have paved the way for the eventual use of wheels for transport.
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The Daily Mail
13 Nov 2024
Researchers believe these stones were likely used as spindle whorls – round, weighted objects that are attached to a spindle stick, allowing it to efficiently gather up fibres such as wool and spin them into yarn.
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