A collection of perforated pebbles from an archaeological site in Israel may be spindle whorls, representing a key milestone in the development of rotational tools including wheels, according to a study published November 13, 2024 in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by Talia Yashuv and Leore Grosman from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel.

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12,000-year old stones may be very early evidence of wheel-like technology

A team from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem found 12,000-year-old stones that may have been used to spin fibers, suggesting that rotation techniques appeared before the wagon wheel.

Uma equipa da Universidade Hebraica de Jerusalém encontrou pedras com 12.000 anos que podem ter sido usadas para fiar fibras, sugerindo que técnicas de rotação surgiram antes da roda de carroça.

Pedras com 12.000 anos podem ser as primeiras provas de tecnologia semelhante à roda

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The conclusion is that “these elements may have served as spindles to spin fibers”, a hypothesis also reinforced by the success achieved in spinning linen from replicas of the stones

A conclusão é que "estes elementos poderão ter servido de fusos para fiar fibras", hipótese também reforçada pelo sucesso obtido na fiação do linho a partir de réplicas das pedras

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A 12,000-year-old collection of stones found in Israel may have been used by primitive cultures to transform fibers into threads, which would mark an important milestone in the development of rotation tools, including the wheel.
The origins of the wheel are commonly associated with the appearance of wagons during the Bronze Age, but a team from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem studied a set of stones recovered from the Nahal-Ein Gev II excavat…

Uma colecção de pedras com 12 mil anos, encontrada em Israel, poderá ter sido utilizada pelas culturas primitivas para transformar fibras em fios, o que seria um marco importante no desenvolvimento de ferramentas de rotação, incluindo a roda.
As origens da roda são comummente associadas ao aparecimento de carroças durante a Idade do Bronze, mas uma equipa da Universidade Hebraica de Jerusalém estudou um conjunto de pedras recuperadas da escavaçã…

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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.

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12,000-year-old, doughnut-shaped pebbles may be early evidence of the wheel

Dozens of perforated pebbles from an archaeological site in Israel may be early examples of spindle whorls, a rotating tool used in textile making that was a step towards inventing the wheel

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12,000-year-old stones may be oldest example of wheel-like tools

In an exciting discovery from Israel’s Nahal-Ein Gev II archaeological site, a collection of perforated, donut-shaped stones may represent some of the earliest evidence of wheel-like technology in human history. According to a study published in PLOS ONE by researchers Talia Yashuv and Leore Grosman from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, these 12,000-year-old stones likely served as spindle whorls, essential tools for spinning fibers into yarn…

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12,000-Year-Old Stones Reveal Possible Early Use of Wheel-Like

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

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These 12,000-year-old Natufian artifacts may be very early evidence of wheel-like technology

The stones studied by the team predate the cart wheels of the Bronze Age by thousands of years, highlighting a key milestone in the development of rotational tools. The post 12,000-year-old spindle whorls discovered in Israel suggest early wheel-like technology appeared first on Conservative Angle | Conservative Angle - Conservative News Clearing House

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In an exciting discovery from Israel’s Nahal-Ein Gev II archaeological site, a collection of perforated, donut-shaped stones may represent some of the earliest evidence of wheel-like technology in human history. According to a study published in PLOS ONE by researchers Talia Yashuv and Leore Grosman from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, these 12,000-year-old stones likely served as spindle whorls, essential tools for spinning fibers into yarn…

12,000-year old stones may be very early evidence of wheel-like technology

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