“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