12,000-Year-Old Spindle Whorls Unearthed in Israel

12,000-Year-Old Spindle Whorls Unearthed in Israel
3D analysis of the perforated pebbles and the perforations. Image credit: T. Yashuv & L. Grosman, doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0312007.

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 have served as spindle whorls to spin fibers.

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 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 have served as spindle whorls to spin fibers.
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