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12,000-year-old spindle whorls and the innovation of wheeled rotational technologies. [PDF]

PLoS ONE
'The wheel and axle' revolutionized human technological history by transforming linear to rotary motion and causing parts of devices to move. While its ancient origins are commonly associated with the appearance of carts during the Bronze Age, we focus ...
Talia Yashuv, Leore Grosman
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Ovruch slate spindle whorls in the Czech Lands

Przegląd Archeologiczny, 2022
The article discusses the state of knowledge and the significance of a special group of early medieval material culture artefacts – namely, spindle whorls made of Ovruch pyrophyllite slate originating from the territory of present-day Ukraine. Thousands
Pavel Kouřil, Antonín Přichystal
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Bone spindle whorls in the funeral rite of the Lola Cultural Circle [PDF]

Вестник археологии, антропологии и этнографии
This paper presents the analysis of a small number of burials from the Lola Cultural Circle, whose grave goods include bone spindle whorls. It provides a brief overview of trace evidence on the use of such objects that served as flywheels of the rotary ...
Mimokhod R.A., Usachuk A.N.
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Study on the prehistoric decorated spindle whorls in Haidai region of China

Heritage Science
Spindle whorls are a kind of spinning tools of crucially important in prehistoric period. Haidai region is one of the main historical and cultural areas of prehistoric China, and had a relatively developed textile handicraft production, where a large ...
Yuan Tao, Qicai Wang
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SEYITOMER MOUND MİDDLE BRONZE AGE LİNE DECORATİON SPİNDLE WHORLS

IEDSR Association, 2021
Since prehistoric times, human beings have decorated their daily items such as tools, utensils, pots and fugitives by applying ornaments with various techniques. These decorations are not only haphazardly but also systematically and as works of art. Seyitömer Mound is located 30 km northwest of Kütahya Province in the north of Afyon-Altıntaş-road in ...
H. Karaoglan
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The Construction, Use, and Discard of Female Identities: Interpreting Spindle Whorls at Vindolanda and Corbridge

Theoretical Roman Archaeology Journal, 2018
Spindle whorls are one of the most durable traces of the textile craft in the archaeological record. They can be found in copious quantities and diverse types in forts and extramural settlements on the Romano British northern frontier.
Marta Alberti
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SPINDLE-WHORLS FROM THE LATE TRYPILLIA SETTLEMENT TROIANIV

Archaeology and Early History of Ukraine, 2020
At the Troianiv settlement more than 200 ceramic whole and fragmened spindle-whorls (SW) have been found. The size of the SW from Troianiv can be roughly divided into large, medium and small, with a diameter of approximately 55, 40 and 30 mm respectively. The height of the SW is from 2.0 to 3.5 cm. The weight of the SW ranges from about 20 up to 45 g.
N. Burdo
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Cotton and Wool: Textile Economy in the Serakhs Oasis during the Late Sasanian Period, the Case of Spindle Whorls from Gurukly Depe (Turkmenistan)

Ethnobiology Letters, 2016
Gurukly Depe is an archaeological site located in the Serakhs oasis in southeast Turkmenistan, excavated since 2010 by the Polish-Turkmen archaeological mission directed by Professor Barbara Kaim from the University of Warsaw.
Dominika Maja Kossowska-Janik
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Weaving Identity Death: SPINDLE WHORLS IN SAN PEDRO DE ATACAMA

UC Merced Undergraduate Research Journal
Sex and gender are complex components of both individual and group identities, and examining them together with other aspects of identity is an important part of understanding larger social contexts. Historically, studies of sex and gender in society focused more on male roles and contributions, but recent research has become more inclusive and diverse
Grace Eriksen
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Ceramic Spindle Whorls from Galechnoe-1, Sargat Culture

Problems of Archaeology, Ethnography, Anthropology of Siberia and Neighboring Territories
In this article we introduce a series of ceramic spindle whorls found at the Sargat culture settlement site of Galechnoe-1 into scientific circulation. This site was discovered in 2014 in the Vengerovsky District of the Novosibirsk Region. Currently, the cultural layer is heavily destructed because the entire area of the site is being actively plowed ...
D.А. Nenakhov, Y.N. Nenakhova
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