Thread production in the Late Bronze Age and Early Iron Age in the South-East and Levantine Peninsula: fusayoles made from bone materials

Evidence of fusayoles for the production of thread using spindles has been found in the Iberian Peninsula since the end of the Neolithic period. However, there is no evidence of the use of fusayolas made of materials other than clay or stone until the Bronze Age. In the Southeast and Levant area of the Iberian Peninsula, it is from the middle of the 2nd millennium BC when a type of instruments interpreted as fusayolas made from other materials such as antler and bone began to appear. In this paper we analyse the two different types of bone fusayoles attested, as well as the significance of their presence in the framework of textile production during the Bronze Age and the early Iron Age.