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3,400-year-old loom sheds light on Bronze Age textile production

The wooden loom and clay loom weights at the center of the new report were discovered at the Cabezo Redondo archaeological ...

3,500-year-old loom tells a revolutionary tale

Stone or clay loom weights attach to the bottoms of free-hanging threads to keep them taut. . Since they are made from wood and organic fibers, warp-weighted looms rarely survive the ravages of time.

Archaeologists untangle how Bronze Age textiles were made

Analysis and reconstruction of a warp-weighted loom from the second millennium BC site of Cabezo Redondo, Spain, provides an unprecedented glimpse into the development of textile technology in the ...
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Loom with Textile

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. FROM CARD: "WITH SAMPLES OF WORK." ...