The spindle whorl itself is dated from the year 1000 to 1100 AD.

Among the artifacts found are pottery, metalworks and spindle whorls.

Its most definite function, more than any of the remaining ceramic artifacts, always considered as spindle whorls.

The large amount of textile materials (spindle whorls) found in the site may indicate sailing activity.

However, outside of the fort some Iron Age pottery and a lead spindle whorl were found.

There is a medieval jug and a lead spindle whorl found on Hope Hill.

Spindle Whorls Only found in graves of adult women.

A soapstone spindle whorl, used in spinning, suggests that not all the Norse settlers were men.

Finally an incision on a spindle whorl found in Hierakonpolis may refer to him.

Coast Salish spindle whorls were often highly decorated, and many fine examples can be found in museum collections.

So there was my spindle whorl.

What is a spindle whorl?

Spindle whorls appeared in the Neolithic era.

Spindle whorls were apparently given to young girls by their suitors and bear such inscriptions as:

Some of the circular spindle whorl would be plain, but others would have elaborate designs and beings depicted.

These included studies on spindle whorls, stone vessels, ossuaries, inscriptions, etc.

The woman had grave goods including a comb, shears, sickle, and two spindle whorls buried next to her.

Nevertheless an assemblage of tools is often found together comprising shears, combs and spindle whorls for spinning.

In addition, excavators found seven bone needles and seven spindle whorls in one of the rooms.

On the one hand, they have often been associated spindle spindle whorls, although there is little ethnographic documentation to support it was their main function.

A spindle whorl attested to work with textiles, and since Vikings considered this women's work, at least some of the expeditions must have included women.

The beads, sometimes described as spindle whorls, are pierced, sometimes smoothed and slightly domed, or faceted.

Over 20 kilns and a number of burials were found there as well as some figurines and spindle whorls.

The art form is used in spindle whorls, house posts, welcome figures, combs, bent wood boxes, canoes, and other cultural objects.

Finds included cremation urns, other pot sherds, spindle whorls, beads and flint tools.