Nålebinding
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Nålebinding is a fabric creation technique predating both knitting and crochet. Also known in English as "knotless netting", "knotless knitting", or "single-needle knitting", the technique is distinct
Nålebound socks from Egypt, Victoria and Albert Museum (c. 250–420 CE)
Needle-bound mittens, Germany (contemporary)
Slekskräppa bag made from goat hair and lined with leather, Nordic Museum
Swedish nålebinding mittens, Nordic Museum (late 19th century)
Nahal Hemar Cave
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Nahal Hemar Cave is an archeological cave site in Israel, on a cliff in the Judean Desert near the Dead Sea and just northwest of Mount Sodom.
Nålebinding
…popular in the Scandinavian countries, as well as in the Balkans. The oldest known textile fragment of nålebinding, dating from c. 6500 BCE, was found in Nahal Hemar Cave, in the Judean Desert. Another made of lime bast fibre, from the Ertebølle period c. 4200 BCE was found in Tybrind Vig, a Mesolithic fishing village…
Replica Stone Mask, Nahal Hemar Cave, Pre-Pottery Neolithic B period
Hemar stream canyon situated in the Judean Desert, Israel, near Masada, descending to the Dead Sea. There are headsprings located in the canyon, providing salt and sweet water during the year to local flora and fauna.
Object said to be "the oldest sickle", flint and resin, Tahunian culture, c. 7000 BC, Nahal Hemar Cave. Israel Museum.