Mysterious artifacts from Neolithic age could be matchsticks
Archaeologists believe some mysterious clay and stone artefacts from Neolithic period found in Israel could be the earliest known ‘matches’.
Researchers from Israel found that the cylindrical objects previously interpreted as “cultic” phallic symbols could be the earliest evidence of how fires were ignited, the BBC News reported.
I was going to be all snarky, but what they’re describing doesn’t sound too off-base. I kind of wonder how well “clay” would work for that though, you’d think it would be too soft for much use.
Fired clay wouldn’t be that soft anymore
[that's to say, pictures of these items I saw, look like that]
Comment by Toos — August 14, 2012 @ 5:04 pm