Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - CNN - 20170327:03:25:00
A hole in the center, used as a weight in spinning of the yarn. >> if you think about a woman's domestic possessions, one of the most important is going to be her spinning gear. think of the spindle whirl, it's something that she uses every day, it's part of the fabric of her life. weaving was the ideal activity for an elite woman in antiquity. had a lot of honor to it. had a lot of respectability. >> women who wove fabric wer virtuous women. you were a good wife if you were making clothes for your family. so the significance of finding a spindle well in this house isn't just that this is part...