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Archaeologists Reconstruct the Stone Age's Invisible Technologies

Original: Archaeologists Are Reconstructing the 'Invisible' Technologies of the Stone Age Article URL: https://www. smithsonianmag

Archaeologists are piecing together perishable Stone Age technologies—rope, thread and twine—that rarely survive in the archaeological record. A Smithsonian Magazine feature describes how researchers use traces such as marks on artifacts, wear patterns and comparative studies with modern foraging societies to infer these fibre-based crafts. The work suggests sophisticated textile and cordage skills developed far earlier than surviving evidence alone would indicate, reshaping views of prehistoric technological capability.

Why now: Fresh Smithsonian coverage of new research into normally unpreserved prehistoric fibre technologies is drawing interest.

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• Archaeologists Are Reconstructing the 'Invisible' Technologies of the Stone Age Article URL: https://www. smithsonianmag.com/science-nat ure/archaeologists-are-reconstructing-the-invisible-technologies-of-the-stone-age-from-rope-to-thread-and-twine-180989534/ Comments URL:… · techwire@gamefan.net · 2

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