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Reviewed Article:

Groundstone Indications from the Southern Levant for a 7th Millennium BCE Upright Mat Loom

Ellipsoid pebbles with opposed notches have been recovered from several sites from various periods. Such artifacts are generally identified as fish net sinkers. We argue that the pebbles were used in the manufacture of papyrus (paper reed) or reed matting on an upright mat loom using the warp twining technique.