Prehistoric string theory. How twisted fibres helped to shape the world

Karen Hardy

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Archaeological and Geological Studies Ancient and Medieval Archaeology Studies Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology

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The author reviews the role of string in early human communities, using prehistoric and ethnographic evidence. Fibres, rolled into string, offer a technical means of holding things together; but the process of manufacturing string itself inspired special roles and structures - which in turn held together the members of communities.

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