Dang had once posted a long list of HN discussions on these topics.

I think there is something about them that squirts a little bit of dopamine in our pattern seeking, puzzle solving brains.

For me, one of draws was how does the symmetry of the woven pattern get weft into the cloth. Multi-shaft looms does it differently from, say, a Kashmiri rug.

When I had joined HN decades ago I had no idea that there would be this shared interest. Frankly, there were no reason for this to be the case.

Then one day this happened

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44462404

https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/antiquity/article/ev...

Basso Rial RE, García Atiénzar G, et al. Evidence of a warp-weighted loom in the Bronze Age settlement of Cabezo Redondo (south-east Spain). Antiquity. Published online 2026:1-18. doi:10.15184/aqy.2026.10312