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 ...

A set of 12,000-year-old perforated stones discovered in Israel could shed light on one of humanity’s earliest technological advancements — spinning fibres with a spindle and whorl. Researchers ...

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 ...

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 ...

Despite the earliest examples of the wheel dating to 4000BC, a discovery in Israel suggests it could have been 6,000 years earlier. A collection of circular limestone pebbles dating back ...

Archaeologists have examined an exceptional assemblage of over a hundred perforated pebbles from the 12,000-year-old Natufian village of Nahal Ein-Gev II in Israel and concluded that these items could ...