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PREHISTORIC SPINDLE WHORLS FROM CENTRAL EUROPE

Publication at Faculty of Arts |
2019

Abstract

Poster is dealing with differences between textile production in Moravia and Slovakia during Neolithic and Eneolithic period. The difference is between the type of the spindle whorl, spindle whorls from Slovakia are mostly biconical, in Moravia the racio between conical, spherical and biconical spindle whorls is more balanced.

High located settlements from eneolithic period demonstrate high number of spindle whorls in comparision to neolithic period, reason can be lack of fertile soil - people had to adapt to other than agricultural activity. Decoration is present only on eneolithic spindle whorls and it seems to be popular mostly on high located settlements.

Comparision is also made among spindle whorls and their weight from neolithic and enolithic period.