The interaction of distant technologies: bridging Central Europe using a techno-typological comparison of spindle whorls

• Autores: Ana Grabundžija, Helmut Schlichtherle, Urs Leuzinger, Wolfram Schier, Sabine Karg
• Localización: Antiquity, ISSN 0003-598X, Vol. 95, Nº 381, 2021, págs. 627-647
• Idioma: inglés
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  • The study of prehistoric textile production requires the excavation of sites with exceptional organic preservation. Here, the authors focus on thread production using evidence from two fourth-millennium BC pre-Alpine wetland sites: Arbon-Bleiche 3 in Switzerland and Bad Buchau-Torwiesen II in southern Germany. A comparison of the spindle whorls from these two settlements with a contemporaneous East-Central European dataset suggests that multiple culture-historical groups with distinct technological signatures inhabited Neolithic Central Europe. Furthermore, the spatial distribution of conical spindle whorls within the pre-Alpine settlements suggests the immigration of both people and technology from the east, thereby illuminating the wider themes of mobility and innovation in prehistoric Europe.