Woven plant-fibre textiles
Tejido de fibras vegetales (textiles tramados)
- Date
- c. 27 ka · confidence high
- Place
- Pavlov I and Dolí Vestonice, Moravia, Czech Republic
- Credited to
- Homo sapiens (Gravettian)
- Field
- Tools
What it is
Impressions on fired clay of interlaced and plaited fabrics with different weave types, and of knotted netting. The oldest evidence of woven textiles.
What it led to
- Light summer clothing, mats and bags: an expanded material culture
- Hand looms and knowledge of weaves: the basis of the textile industry
- Nets and traps for birds and small mammals: a broad-spectrum diet
Built on
- Plant beddingc. 77 ka
- Cordage (twisted fibre string)c. 50 ka
- Spun, dyed and knotted wild flax fibres from Dzudzuanac. 32 ka
- Cordage (twisted fibre string)
- Plant bedding
Made possible
- Basketryc. 27 ka
- Fishing net with sinkersc. 21 ka
- Basketry
- Fishing net with sinkers