A perforated stone from NEG II in front of its 3D model. Credit: Photographer Daniel Rolider for the Smithsonian Magazine Natufian spindle whorls from 12,000 years ago represent the earliest ...

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The main body of a spindle is the center shaft with one or both ends tapered into a point. Some spindles may only be comprised of this part. A disk, or whorl, can be located near the top, middle or ...

However, the 3D analysis pointed out morphological parameters that showed there are standard measures — for example, width/length ratio ... To test whether the stones could indeed function as spindle ...

"However, the 3D analysis pointed out morphological parameters that showed there are standard measures — for example ... of the items as ancient spindle whorls. This was done with the help ...

There were over 100 wheel-shaped stones found in Israel that researchers believe are an early example of a "spindle and whorl" device. The stones were "dominantly limestone," co-authors Talia ...

12,000-year-old perforated stones found over years of excavations in Israel may "represent early evidence for the adoption of spinning with the ’spindle and whorl' device," according to newly ...

which researchers believe could be the first examples of the wheel. Perforated by a central hole, experts believe these stones were used as spindle whorls — round, weighted objects attached to a ...

This collection of spindle whorls represents one of the earliest known examples of humans utilizing rotation with a wheel-like tool. They may have laid the groundwork for later rotational ...