{"id":"https://openalex.org/W2504257973","doi":"https://doi.org/10.15184/aqy.2016.99","title":"The earliest Near Eastern wooden spinning implements","display_name":"The earliest Near Eastern wooden spinning implements","publication_year":2016,"publication_date":"2016-07-19","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W2504257973","doi":"https://doi.org/10.15184/aqy.2016.99","mag":"2504257973"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.15184/aqy.2016.99","doi":"https://doi.org/10.15184/aqy.2016.99","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.15184/aqy.2016.99","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S173880072","display_name":"Antiquity","issn_l":"0003-598X","issn":["0003-598X","1745-1469","1745-1477","1745-1485","1745-1493","1745-1523","1745-1531","1745-1744"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"listed_in":["anvur-class-a","anvur-scientific","cwts-core","erih-plus","jufo-3","norway-2","poland-200","russia-white-list-1","vabb-shw"],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310311721","host_organization_name":"Cambridge University Press","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310311721","https://openalex.org/P4310311702"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Cambridge University Press","University of Cambridge"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Antiquity","raw_type":"journal-article"},"volume":null,"type":"article","is_traditional":true,"indexed_in":["crossref"],"open_access":{"is_oa":false,"oa_status":"closed","oa_url":null,"any_repository_has_fulltext":false},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5052153790","display_name":"Dafna Langgut","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4824-1044","observed_orcids":["https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4824-1044"]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I16391192","display_name":"Tel Aviv University","ror":"https://ror.org/04mhzgx49","country_code":"IL","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I16391192"]}],"countries":["IL"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Dafna Langgut","raw_affiliation_strings":["The Laboratory of Archaeobotany and Ancient Environments, The Sonia and Marco Nadler Institute of Archaeology, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel (E-mail:"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"The Laboratory of Archaeobotany and Ancient Environments, The Sonia and Marco Nadler Institute of Archaeology, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel (E-mail:","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I16391192"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5081101178","display_name":"Naama Yahalom\u2010Mack","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9296-8435","observed_orcids":["https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9296-8435"]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I197251160","display_name":"Hebrew University of Jerusalem","ror":"https://ror.org/03qxff017","country_code":"IL","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I197251160"]}],"countries":["IL"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Naama Yahalom-Mack","raw_affiliation_strings":["Institute of Archaeology, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Mount Scopus, Jerusalem 91905, Israel","The Fredy and Nadine Herrmann Institute of Earth Sciences, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Edmond J. Safra campus, Givat Ram, Jerusalem 91904, Israel"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Institute of Archaeology, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Mount Scopus, Jerusalem 91905, Israel","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I197251160"]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"The Fredy and Nadine Herrmann Institute of Earth Sciences, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Edmond J. Safra campus, Givat Ram, Jerusalem 91904, Israel","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I197251160"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5084216664","display_name":"Simcha Lev\u2010Yadun","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6782-9444","observed_orcids":["https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6782-9444"]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I91203450","display_name":"University of Haifa","ror":"https://ror.org/02f009v59","country_code":"IL","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I91203450"]}],"countries":["IL"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Simcha Lev-Yadun","raw_affiliation_strings":["Department of Biology and Environment, Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of Haifa-Oranim, Tivon 3600600, Israel"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Department of Biology and Environment, Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of Haifa-Oranim, Tivon 3600600, Israel","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I91203450"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5040958227","display_name":"Eitan Kremer","orcid":null,"observed_orcids":[]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I16391192","display_name":"Tel Aviv University","ror":"https://ror.org/04mhzgx49","country_code":"IL","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I16391192"]}],"countries":["IL"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Eitan Kremer","raw_affiliation_strings":["The Laboratory of Archaeobotany and Ancient Environments, The Sonia and Marco Nadler Institute of Archaeology, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel (E-mail:"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"The Laboratory of Archaeobotany and Ancient Environments, The Sonia and Marco Nadler Institute of Archaeology, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel (E-mail:","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I16391192"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5041773940","display_name":"Micka Ullman","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3485-5974","observed_orcids":["https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3485-5974"]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I197251160","display_name":"Hebrew University of Jerusalem","ror":"https://ror.org/03qxff017","country_code":"IL","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I197251160"]}],"countries":["IL"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Micka Ullman","raw_affiliation_strings":["Institute of Archaeology, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Mount Scopus, Jerusalem 91905, Israel"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Institute of Archaeology, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Mount Scopus, Jerusalem 91905, Israel","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I197251160"]}]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5066212472","display_name":"Uri Davidovich","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5947-1534","observed_orcids":["https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5947-1534"]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I197251160","display_name":"Hebrew University of Jerusalem","ror":"https://ror.org/03qxff017","country_code":"IL","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I197251160"]},{"id":"https://openalex.org/I241749","display_name":"University of Cambridge","ror":"https://ror.org/013meh722","country_code":"GB","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I241749"]}],"countries":["GB","IL"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Uri Davidovich","raw_affiliation_strings":["Institute of Archaeology, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Mount Scopus, Jerusalem 91905, Israel","McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research, University of Cambridge, Downing Street, Cambridge CB2 3ER, UK"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Institute of Archaeology, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Mount Scopus, Jerusalem 91905, Israel","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I197251160"]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research, University of Cambridge, Downing Street, Cambridge CB2 3ER, UK","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I241749"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":2,"institutions_distinct_count":4,"corresponding_author_ids":[],"corresponding_institution_ids":[],"apc_list":{"value":3550,"currency":"USD","value_usd":3550},"apc_paid":null,"fwci":46.8888,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":45,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.99837121,"is_in_top_1_percent":true,"is_in_top_10_percent":true},"cited_by_percentile_year":{"min":88,"max":100},"biblio":{"volume":"90","issue":"352","first_page":"973","last_page":"990"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T13621","display_name":"Ancient and Medieval Archaeology Studies","score":0.3384000062942505,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1204","display_name":"Archeology (arts and humanities)"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/12","display_name":"Arts and Humanities"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T13621","display_name":"Ancient and Medieval Archaeology Studies","score":0.3384000062942505,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1204","display_name":"Archeology (arts and humanities)"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/12","display_name":"Arts and Humanities"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T13831","display_name":"Archaeological and Geological Studies","score":0.18870000541210175,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1204","display_name":"Archeology (arts and humanities)"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/12","display_name":"Arts and Humanities"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10087","display_name":"Archaeology and ancient environmental studies","score":0.13269999623298645,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3302","display_name":"Archeology"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/33","display_name":"Social Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/distaff","display_name":"distaff","score":0.9539999961853027},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/whorls","display_name":"whorls","score":0.7730000019073486},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/late-chalcolithic","display_name":"Late Chalcolithic","score":0.9200000166893005},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/burial-cave","display_name":"burial cave","score":0.718999981880188},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/southern-levant","display_name":"Southern Levant","score":0.9120000004768372},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/anatolia","display_name":"Anatolia","score":0.7099999785423279},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/long-distance-trade","display_name":"long-distance trade","score":0.8600000143051147},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/textile-industry","display_name":"textile industry","score":0.460999995470047}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C154815118","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q453762","display_name":"Spinning","level":2,"score":0.7469574809074402},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C95457728","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q309","display_name":"History","level":0,"score":0.48294132947921753},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C195244886","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q41493","display_name":"Ancient history","level":1,"score":0.42795369029045105},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C166957645","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q23498","display_name":"Archaeology","level":1,"score":0.3485613465309143},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C142362112","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q735","display_name":"Art","level":0,"score":0.3282065987586975},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C192562407","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q228736","display_name":"Materials science","level":0,"score":0.14095544815063477},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C159985019","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q181790","display_name":"Composite material","level":1,"score":0.10097083449363708}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":1,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.15184/aqy.2016.99","doi":"https://doi.org/10.15184/aqy.2016.99","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.15184/aqy.2016.99","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S173880072","display_name":"Antiquity","issn_l":"0003-598X","issn":["0003-598X","1745-1469","1745-1477","1745-1485","1745-1493","1745-1523","1745-1531","1745-1744"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"listed_in":["anvur-class-a","anvur-scientific","cwts-core","erih-plus","jufo-3","norway-2","poland-200","russia-white-list-1","vabb-shw"],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310311721","host_organization_name":"Cambridge University Press","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310311721","https://openalex.org/P4310311702"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Cambridge University Press","University of Cambridge"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Antiquity","raw_type":"journal-article"}],"best_oa_location":null,"sustainable_development_goals":[],"study_designs":[],"awards":[],"funders":[],"has_content":{"grobid_xml":false,"pdf":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":29,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W287670492","https://openalex.org/W386933743","https://openalex.org/W604982216","https://openalex.org/W641082450","https://openalex.org/W1506796138","https://openalex.org/W1780003399","https://openalex.org/W1980510117","https://openalex.org/W1993482569","https://openalex.org/W1995847245","https://openalex.org/W2003884973","https://openalex.org/W2006491754","https://openalex.org/W2014920983","https://openalex.org/W2026318831","https://openalex.org/W2069494079","https://openalex.org/W2085632916","https://openalex.org/W2091145465","https://openalex.org/W2096983318","https://openalex.org/W2146687568","https://openalex.org/W2168636926","https://openalex.org/W2193111914","https://openalex.org/W2241808381","https://openalex.org/W2466577070","https://openalex.org/W2588062708","https://openalex.org/W2741214941","https://openalex.org/W2916128957","https://openalex.org/W3200122958","https://openalex.org/W4206435427","https://openalex.org/W4211088535","https://openalex.org/W4407935000"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W2323379943","https://openalex.org/W2624625157","https://openalex.org/W2624006772","https://openalex.org/W2941106969","https://openalex.org/W654780492","https://openalex.org/W1993230670","https://openalex.org/W7169636235","https://openalex.org/W7018953282","https://openalex.org/W4206413493","https://openalex.org/W7014757312"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"A":[0],"unique":[1],"set":[2],"of":[3,9,107],"circumstances":[4],"has":[5],"preserved":[6],"a":[7],"group":[8],"rare":[10],"wooden":[11,72],"artefacts":[12],"deep":[13],"within":[14],"burial":[15],"caves":[16],"in":[17,78,88,100],"the":[18,35,53,69,75,81,89,95],"southern":[19],"Levant.":[20],"Identified":[21],"as":[22],"spindles":[23],"and":[24,32,50,63,102],"distaffs,":[25],"they":[26,51],"are":[27],"fashioned":[28],"from":[29],"tamarisk":[30],"wood":[31],"date":[33],"to":[34,46,85],"Late":[36],"Chalcolithic":[37],"period.":[38],"Analysis":[39],"suggests":[40],"that":[41],"these":[42],"implements":[43],"were":[44],"used":[45],"spin":[47],"flax":[48],"fibres,":[49],"provide":[52],"earliest":[54],"evidence":[55],"for":[56],"two":[57],"distinct":[58],"spinning":[59,62,65],"techniques,":[60],"drop":[61],"supported":[64],"(with":[66],"rolling":[67],"on":[68],"thigh).":[70],"One":[71],"spindle":[73],"with":[74],"whorl":[76,96],"still":[77],"place":[79],"is":[80,104],"oldest":[82],"such":[83],"tool":[84],"survive":[86],"intact":[87],"Near":[90],"East.":[91],"The":[92],"lead":[93],"forming":[94],"may":[97],"have":[98],"originated":[99],"Anatolia,":[101],"it":[103],"evidence,":[105],"perhaps,":[106],"early":[108],"long-distance":[109],"trade.":[110]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2026,"cited_by_count":2},{"year":2025,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2024,"cited_by_count":3},{"year":2023,"cited_by_count":3},{"year":2022,"cited_by_count":4},{"year":2021,"cited_by_count":2},{"year":2020,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2019,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2018,"cited_by_count":23},{"year":2017,"cited_by_count":3},{"year":2016,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2015,"cited_by_count":1}],"updated_date":"2026-11-08T12:12:28.789561","created_date":"2016-08-23T00:00:00"}