The pebbles were found in previous excavations at a site archaeologists call "Nahal Ein Gev II." It is located in northern Israel, about 1.2 miles (2 kilometers) east of the Sea of Galilee.

The researchers made experimental spindles and whorls based on 3D scans of the pebbles. Yashuv and Grosman, PLOS ONE, 2024 under CC-BY 4.0 When faced with an assortment of 12,000-year-old ...