Looking at the use of potters wheels by the Indus Civilisation of northwest India.
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The invention of he wheel is considered to be one of the most significant milestones in Human history. Wheels are useful not just as a mode of transport, but in a wide range of manufacturing processes, including spinning yarns, lathing wood, and the manufacture of ceramics. The origin of these technologies is obscure, and they were probably arrived at independently by several different civilisations. The possibility that potter's wheels were used by the ancient Indus Civilisation of northwestern India (which lasted roughly from 2500 BC to 1900 BC) was first suggested by Ernest Mackay in 1938, and has been debated by archaeologists ever since. Opinions in the field fall into two main camps, with the first arguing that spinning wheels appeared very early in the history of this culture, and were a feature of the ceramics it produced throughout its history, while the other argues that the use of wheels in the manufacture of ceramics was rare and very limited, probably restricted to the finishing stages of pottery items made by other methods.
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Feel free to reply to any comment by clicking the "Reply" button.So interesting, I had no idea the Indus Valley civilizations are consider the "inventers" of the wheel.
Charlene
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Actually , the article says they likely were arrived at independently by several civilisations and that the Indus was one of those , not that they were the original people to invent them .
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