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The Neolithic marked the transition from the Mesolithic hunter-gatherer way of life into the more settled agrarian societies that would cultivate crops and domesticate animals. As someone fascinated by Stone Age textiles, I felt it was about time to give myself a Neolithic makeover!!
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Further Reading:
pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2537697123
journals.openedition.org/paleorient/2479
nature.com/articles/s41598-021-01349-5#Tab1
richlyadorned.wordpress.com/2017/01/15/woven-and-twined-textiles-in-prehistoric-europe
degruyterbrill.com/document/doi/10.1515/opar-2020-0167/html
sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/04/120416113013.htm
https://scarf.scot/national/scarf-neolithic-panel-report/5-material-culture-and-use-of-resources/5-3-organics/5-3-3-textiles-and-animal-skins/
archaeology.co.uk/articles/sciencenotes/science-notes-rare-evidence-for-neolithic-textiles-identified-on-orkney.htm
theguardian.com/science/2021/sep/16/scientists-find-evidence-of-humans-making-clothes-120000-years-ago
https://www.persee.fr/doc/paleo_0153-9345_1975_num_3_1_4198
researchgate.net/publication/293313720_Textile_remains_and_activities_of_spinning_on_the_Neolithic_site_of_Arbon-Bleiche_3_TG_Switzerland
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Rowyn flowerdew, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons
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Bullenwächter, CC BY 3.0 creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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Rowyn flowerdew, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons
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commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Neolithic_funeral_and_burial_dolmen_with_neolithic_woman.jpg
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hunter_gatherer%27s_camp_at_Irish_National_Heritage_Park_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1252699.jpg
David Hawgood / Hunter gatherer's camp at Irish National Heritage Park
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mesolithic_house_recreation.png
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Butser Ancient Farm - Neolithic longhouse by Rob Farrow, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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Wolfgang Sauber, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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The Neolithic marked the transition from the Mesolithic hunter-gatherer way of life into the more settled agrarian societies that would cultivate crops and domesticate animals. As someone fascinated by Stone Age textiles, I felt it was about time to give myself a Neolithic makeover!!
🕯 Support my art on Patreon - patreon.com/vbirchwood
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Further Reading:
pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2537697123
journals.openedition.org/paleorient/2479
nature.com/articles/s41598-021-01349-5#Tab1
richlyadorned.wordpress.com/2017/01/15/woven-and-twined-textiles-in-prehistoric-europe
degruyterbrill.com/document/doi/10.1515/opar-2020-0167/html
sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/04/120416113013.htm
https://scarf.scot/national/scarf-neolithic-panel-report/5-material-culture-and-use-of-resources/5-3-organics/5-3-3-textiles-and-animal-skins/
archaeology.co.uk/articles/sciencenotes/science-notes-rare-evidence-for-neolithic-textiles-identified-on-orkney.htm
theguardian.com/science/2021/sep/16/scientists-find-evidence-of-humans-making-clothes-120000-years-ago
https://www.persee.fr/doc/paleo_0153-9345_1975_num_3_1_4198
researchgate.net/publication/293313720_Textile_remains_and_activities_of_spinning_on_the_Neolithic_site_of_Arbon-Bleiche_3_TG_Switzerland
Image Sources:
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Yamnaya_culture,_Proto-Indo-European,_WSH,_Western_Steppe_Herders,_Chalcolithic,_Bronze_age.jpg
Rowyn flowerdew, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:ReconstructedOetziAxe.jpg
Bullenwächter, CC BY 3.0 creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bronze_age_iberian_Argaric_culture_man_and_woman,_el_argar.png
Rowyn flowerdew, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bell_beaker_man_and_woman_bronze_age.jpg
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Neolithic_funeral_and_burial_dolmen_with_neolithic_woman.jpg
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hunter_gatherer%27s_camp_at_Irish_National_Heritage_Park_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1252699.jpg
David Hawgood / Hunter gatherer's camp at Irish National Heritage Park
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mesolithic_house_recreation.png
RachelAM, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Butser_Ancient_Farm_-_Neolithic_longhouse_-_geograph.org.uk_-_4579733.jpg
Butser Ancient Farm - Neolithic longhouse by Rob Farrow, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Interior_of_Horton_House_2.jpg
Tim Sheerman-Chase, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Vertical_loom._Neolithic_in_Bougon_Museum.jpg
Ismoon (talk) 21:55, 31 October 2017 (UTC), CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Archeoparc_-_%C3%96tzi_Webstuhl.jpg
Wolfgang Sauber, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
