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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Science
Vishwam Sankaran

Fire gutted Spanish village 3,500 years ago but preserved this ancient wooden artefact

A fire burned down a Bronze Age settlement near modern-day Villena in Spain 3,500 years ago and preserved a rarely documented archaeological artefact – a wooden loom.

Wooden artefacts, given their compostable nature, are rarely preserved. Hence, very little is known about ancient looms made of wood.

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