Smith College8y
Potter's Wheel, Egypt, 2400 BCE
The potter's wheel was widely used by the beginning of the third phase of the Early Bronze Age, about 2400 BCE. Pottery cannot be made by hand modeling or coiling without the potter either turning the ...
New York Post1mon
These 12,000-year-old stones may finally prove when the wheel was invented, scientists say
They’re literally reinventing the wheel ... old potter’s wheel found in Mesopotamia. Meanwhile, the first evidence of a wheeled vehicle dates back around 500 years later to the Bronze Age.
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12,000-year-old stones could reveal roots of wheel technology, study suggests
Long before the advent of cart wheels in the Bronze Age, this early rotational technology may have laid the foundation for later inventions like the potter’s wheel and other devices that rely on ...
EurekAlert!1mon
12,000-year old stones may be very early evidence of wheel-like technology
Donut-shaped objects connected to a bar, forming a wheel and axle, are a key invention springboarding technological development and are commonly associated with Bronze Age carts. Spindle whorls ...
Artnet1mon
Are These Holey Pebbles the Earliest Evidence of the Wheel?
Together with the axle it revolutionized human technological history and in time led to the invention of carts, potter wheels ... long before the cart wheels of the Bronze Age,” the ...
The Jerusalem Post Blogs1mon
12,000-year-old spindle whorls discovered in Israel suggest early wheel-like technology
These artifacts could indicate early use of rotational technologies in the region, potentially paving the way for later inventions such as the potter's wheel ... cart wheels of the Bronze Age ...
Science Daily1mon
12,000-year-old stones may be very early evidence of wheel-like technology
Donut-shaped objects connected to a bar, forming a wheel and axle, are a key invention springboarding technological development and are commonly associated with Bronze Age carts. Spindle whorls ...