how to make a backstrap loom
parts of Ecuador are still famous for their textiles History here.
Even before the arrival of the Incas, the Indians of the Otavalo Valley were known as weavers and merchants, using such indigenous technology and materials as the hand-held spindle, backstrap loom, and cotton and possibly camelid fibers to weave clothing and blankets
I know vaguely that there are various types of looms, but they used spindles?
I have a book on the history of textiles in Europe, but looms and spindles there could easily spread around....so who invented spindles and looms in the Americas?
I just listened to a podcast about inventing the wheel (and why it isn't as easy as it sounds: the invention of spokes made the wheel more practical, you needed axels and roads are needed, but not necessarily animals). So the South Americans knew about the wheel on toys but didn't use it for transport...or develop the spoke.
Much of the nonsense of "ancient aliens" talk about moving stones (which doesn't take a lot of technology) but not about who invented the spindle, the loom, or wove the first set of breeches...and why...
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