Weaving tool
Π2728
Clay
Intact
Length: 7 cm. Width: 2.8 cm.
Knossos
Neolithic settlement under the Minoan palace
Stone Age. Late Neolithic ΙΙ - Final Neolithic period.:
5300 - 3100 BC:
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ICase:
3Exhibition thematic unit:
Stone Age (7000-3000 BC). The first communitiesTools. Technology and practical needs
Description
Long clay object interpreted as a weaving shuttle. It has double hornlike protrusions on the narrow sides and incised decoration of lines and dots. Several similar objects have been found at the Knossian settlement of the Late Neolithic II – Final Neolithic period. Other weaving implements such as spindle whorls and loom weights also appear in the settlement during this period. Although the art of weaving had certainly been developed during this period, the precise use of these elongated objects with protrusions is uncertain.Bibliography:
Barber, E. Prehistoric Textiles. Princeton, 1991, 107. Evans, A.J. The Palace of Minos: A Comparative Account of the Successive Stages of the Early Cretan Civilization as Illustrated by the Discoveries at Knossos. Volume I. London, 1921, 42, fig. 10:3a, b, c, d. Evans, J.D. "Excavations in the Neolithic Settlement at Knossos, 1957-1960, Part I." Annual of the British School at Athens 59 (1964): 132-240. Tzachili, Ι. Υφαντική και Υφάντρες στο Προϊστορικό Αιγαίο, 2000 - 1000 π.Χ., Heraklion, 1997, 175-177.Author:
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