12,000-year-old spindle whorls found at Ein Gedi - Chalcolitic Temple rewrite wheel invention history. Hundreds of perforated stone spindle whorls discovered at Ein Gedi - Chalcolitic Temple In 2024, experts published a paper analyzing these wheel-shaped objects using 3D methodologies Analysis concluded these items served as spindle whorls used to spin fibers
Researchers analyzing over a hundred perforated limestone spindle whorls from Ein Gedi - Chalcolitic Temple used 3D methodologies to confirm these wheel-shaped objects were used for spinning fibers. Dated to roughly 12,000 calibrated radiocarbon years, these are among the earliest examples of rotational technology ever documented, predating Bronze Age cart wheels by thousands of years. The discovery reveals early rotational technologies that laid the mechanical foundation for the wheel and axle. 🔄
Key Facts
- Hundreds of perforated stone spindle whorls discovered at Ein Gedi - Chalcolitic Temple
- In 2024, experts published a paper analyzing these wheel-shaped objects using 3D methodologies
- Analysis concluded these items served as spindle whorls used to spin fibers
- The objects represent early phases of rotational technologies, laying the mechanical principle of the wheel and axle
- 12,550 to 12,000 calibrated carbon-14 dates make these the first examples of wheel technology in human history
- This discovery predates the commonly associated Bronze Age cart wheels by thousands of years
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