“Soft, flexible thread of this sort is a necessary prerequisite to making woven cloth. On a far more basic level, string can be used simply to tie things up - to catch, to hold, to carry. From these notions come snares and fishlines, tethers and leashes, carrying nets, handles, and packages, not to mention a way of binding objects together to form more complex tools.” ThreadSnaresStringNets Book:Women's Work: The First 20,000 Years: Women, Cloth, and Society in Early Times Source: Women's Work: The First 20,000 Years: Women, Cloth, and Society in Early Times
“Earliest preserved string, reconstructed: a heavy cord twisted from three two-ply fiber strings, found fossilized in the painted caves of Lascaux, France, ca. 15,000 B.C.” StringFossilezed String Book:Women's Work: The First 20,000 Years: Women, Cloth, and Society in Early Times Source: Women's Work: The First 20,000 Years: Women, Cloth, and Society in Early Times