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Spindle Whorls of Late Trypillia — Troy(Aniv) and Troy [PDF]
Archaeology, 2018 Trypillian ceramic spindle whorls are a poorly understood category of artifacts. They do not even always fall into the general reviews of Trypillian materials. This type of items is widespread and is typical for the late stage of Trypillia (CII).
Natalia B. Burdo
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Ovruch Slate Spindle Whorls in the Czech Lands
Przeglad 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
Antonin Přichystal, Pavel Kouřil
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Study on the Prehistoric Decorated Spindle Whorls in Haidai Region of China
Heritage ScienceSpindle 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
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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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The Contribution of Experimental Archaeology in Addressing the Analysis of Residues on Spindle-Whorls [PDF]
EXARC Journal, 2019 This contribution focuses on residues developing on spindle-whorls during spinning. Such a kind of tools is largely diffused in archaeological contexts where spindle-whorls were used in textile activities or deposited in burials as grave goods.
Vanessa Forte +3 more
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Spindle-Whorls From the Late Trypillia Settlement Troianiv [PDF]
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.
Бурдо, Н.Б.
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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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Bone spindle whorls in the funeral rite of the Lola Cultural Circle [PDF]
Вестник археологии, антропологии и этнографииThis 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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SPINNING THE WHORL OF THE SPINDLE [PDF]
History of Philosophy Quarterly, 2020 AbstractMarsilio Ficino (1433–99) was greatly intrigued by the questions on free will raised by the myth of Er in Plato’s Republic. By focusing on his Argumentum in Platonis Respublicam, this article discusses Ficino’s interpretation of the myth in light of his view on the faculties of the soul—intellect, reason, the imagination, and the vegetative ...
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The textile industry at Krševica (Southeast Serbia) in the fourth-third centuries B.C. [PDF]
Starinar, 2006 The site of Kale at Krševica, with significant remains of a settlement dating to the late Classical and early Hellenistic periods, has yielded, in addition to other finds, more than a thousand loom weights, spindle whorls and spools of which 1038 pieces ...
Popović Petar, Vranić Ivan
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