Around 6,000 years before the Bronze Age cart wheel was invented ... thus facilitating the process of spinning fibers into yarn. However, the fact that the pebbles at NEG II are not uniformly ...

Researchers gave a detailed look into perforated stones collected out of excavations in Israel, and came to the conclusion ...

using supported spinning and drop spinning techniques (photographed by Talia Yashuv). (Credit: Yashuv, Grosman, 2024, PLOS ONE) Perforated pebbles discovered in Israel may roll back the time of the ...

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 ...

Some 12,000-year-old stones have been discovered, which may be the oldest example of wheel-like tools. The spindle whorls ...