Textile archaeology

[Warpy]

1. Try here

https://www.sci.news/archaeology/neanderthal-cords-08317.html The type of cord they were producing over 40,000 years ago pretty much requ9red a spindle setup of one description or another, although the restrained nature of so many Neanderthal tools leads me to think it was most likely a tapered stick with a mud whorl on the bottom, neither of which is going to be likely to have survived.

We also have indirect sources for textiles of that same vintage consisting of impressions of twined textiles in mud plus images of personal decoration using basketry and netting techniques. In addition to such ancient spun and woven textiles (which archaeologists swore only came into being in the sast 8000 years until very recently), there were also most likely textiles made out of felt, either animal fibers or beaten tree bark, along with de-haired animal skins. What seems supremely unlikely are our ancestors going year round swathed in fur--that shit is too heavy to do much moving around in.

I wish tjey'd have given the diameter, thickness, weight and composition of the above item, along with its approximate age and where it was found.