Loom-weights as evidence o fweaving at tell Yunatsite

For a long time (until the Hellenistic period) cloth-making was domestic production and the responsibility of women. Depending on the specific characteristics of the fiber used, this multi-stage process included various activities, including two mandatory activities such as spinning and weaving. This paper examines loom-weights as an evidence of weaving at the Yunatsite settlements. The collection is composed of 144 loom-weights (most of which are fragments) recovered from the settlements of the Early Bronze Age (EBA horizons XVII/XVI-I) and the settlements of Chalcolithic Period uppermost horizon (BI) (Fig. 2). This uninspiring group of finds is published rarely; however, various designs of the loom and weaving methods are linked to it. Four morphological groups were singled out; the height of the pyramid-shaped loom-weights was analyzed. The archaeological context was reconstructed for 30 % of the loom-weights; as a rule, they were found in dwellings. The paper describes ‘collective finds' when several loom-weights were found together. Relative stratigraphy of the loom-weights demonstrates their predominance in EBA II-III (Table 1).