Prelecture 36

  • 20,000 BCE

    Spinning

    the beginnings of turning raw materials into fibers such as tufts of animal hair or plant fibers
  • 10,000 BCE

    Hemp

    domesticated in neolithic age china
  • 10,000 BCE

    Spinning

    earliest use of hand spindle
  • 7000 BCE

    Weaving

    Weaving began
  • 5000 BCE

    Cotton

    earliest evidences of cotton being used for clothing
  • 1400 BCE

    Weaving

    Wide spread Use around the world
  • 1000

    Spinning

    invention of spinning wheel
  • 1000

    Weaving

    Earliest evidences of Knitting
  • Spinning

    invention of spinning machinery
  • Weaving

    industrial revolution causes women to become weavers.
  • Cotton

    Invention of cotton-gin
  • Hemp

    Marijuana tax Act of 1937
  • Hemp

    Controlled Substances Act of 1970
  • Hemp

    passing of Colorado Amendment 64