Early human cultures likely used stones as spindle whorls to spin fibers into yarn. A collection of perforated pebbles ...

These could be the earliest discovered spindle whorls, technology that was then seemingly lost for 4000 years.

A collection of perforated pebbles from an archaeological site in Israel may be spindle whorls, representing a key milestone ...

Researchers in Israel suggest the roughly donut-shaped artifacts could be spindle whorls, representing one of the oldest ...

Israeli archeologists use models based on their find to spin flax into yarn, indicating these pebbles were used as a version ...

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While most of us learned that the wheel was invented around 3500 BCE for transportation, a groundbreaking discovery in Israel suggests we need to roll back our understanding of rotational technology ...

The wheel was likely invented around 6,000 years ago, but a new analysis of curious rocks from Israel suggests that wheel-like technologies existed even earlier.

Attendees can try spinning on a drop spindle or spinning wheel, watch demonstrations, and learn about the art form.” About a dozen spinners in Central Pennsylvania took part in WSIPD in front of ...

Archaeologists uncover doughnut-shaped pebbles in Israel, revealing possible use as early rotational tools in textile ...

Over 100 small stone objects from Neolithic period are the earliest instance of 'spindle whorls,' used to spin fibers into ...