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12,000-year-old spindle whorls discovered in Israel suggest early wheel-like technology
Spindle whorls form a device similar to the wheel and axle to help the spindle ... researchers studying ancient whorls would be skilled in spinning themselves, which the study authors were not.
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These 12,000 Natufian artifacts may be very early evidence of wheel-like technology
as she sees these spindle whorls as part of a larger lineage of rotational tools that predate the wheel itself. “What we see ...