Spinning and weaving

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Q1: What did the Bronze Age people use for spinning and weaving?

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New revolutionary ideas were reaching our Bronze Age ancestors such as making cloth by spinning and weaving wool.

The Stone Age people made their clothes from skins. But the Bronze Age people kept sheep and from the fleece spun wool and so were able to weave cloth.

Looms were made with branches lashed up into a square, and the long strands of wool were kept under tension by tying little pierced discs of stone to the lower ends.