This site from the Alien Travel Guide contains an outline to information on the history of weaving. The outline is in link form for easy navigation and it contains wonderful basic information.

Site provides a picture and brief description of this type of loom which dates back to 7000 BCE. "From the beginning of Western history until the Middle Ages, the main weaving tool was this type of loom."

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