30,000 Years Old Wild Flax Fibers - Testimony for Fabricating Prehistoric Linen

30,000 Years Old Wild Flax Fibers - Testimony for Fabricating Prehistoric Linen

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30,000 Years Old Wild Flax Fibers - Testimony for Fabricating Prehistoric Linen

dc.contributor.author	Bar-Yosef, Ofer
dc.contributor.author	Matskevich, Zinovi
dc.contributor.author	Kvavadze, Eliso
dc.contributor.author	Belfer-Cohen, Anna
dc.contributor.author	Boaretto, Elisabetta
dc.contributor.author	Jakeli, Nino
dc.contributor.author	Meshveliani, Tengiz
dc.date.accessioned	2010-07-07T19:38:25Z
dc.date.issued	2009
dc.identifier.citation	Kvavadze, Eliso, Ofer Bar-Yosef, Anna Belfer-Cohen, Elisabetta Boaretto, Nino Jakeli, Zinovi Matskevich, and Tengiz Meshveliani. 2009. 30,000 Years old wild flax fibers - Testimony for fabricating prehistoric linen. Science 325(5946): 1359.	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	0036-8075	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:4270521
dc.description.abstract	A unique finding of wild flax fibers from a series of Upper Paleolithic layers at Dzudzuana Cave, located in the foothills of the Caucasus, Georgia, indicates that prehistoric hunter-gatherers were making cords for hafting stone tools, weaving baskets, or sewing garments. Radiocarbon dates demonstrate that the cave was inhabited intermittently during several periods dated to 32 to 26 thousand years before the present (kyr B.P.), 23 to 19 kyr B.P., and 13 to 11 kyr B.P. Spun, dyed, and knotted flax fibers are common. Apparently, climatic fluctuations recorded in the cave’s deposits did not affect the growth of the plants because a certain level of humidity was sustained.	en_US
dc.description.sponsorship	Anthropology	en_US
dc.language.iso	en_US	en_US
dc.publisher	American Association for the Advancement of Science	en_US
dc.relation.isversionof	doi:10.1126/science.1175404	en_US
dash.license	OAP
dc.title	30,000 Years Old Wild Flax Fibers - Testimony for Fabricating Prehistoric Linen	en_US
dc.type	Journal Article	en_US
dc.description.version	Accepted Manuscript	en_US
dc.relation.journal	Science	en_US
dash.depositing.author	Bar-Yosef, Ofer
dc.date.available	2010-07-07T19:38:25Z