Dán
Arkćologien og etnologien har vćret med mig de seneste ĺr. Derfor er min pĺstand at Nĺlebindingsteknikken er lige sĺ gammel som vćvning, der kunne udvikles fra det tidspunkt hvor mennesker blev fastboende som agedyrkere og kvćgavlere. De fřrste fĺreracer behřvedes ikke at blive klippet, da de selv fćldede ulden, som vi kender det fra moskusokser pĺ Grřnland. I dag kender vi bl.a. til Soay-fĺret fra de Ydre Hebrider og Mongoliet. At Nĺlebinding mĺ vćre brugt af mennesker gennem mere end 100.000 ĺr kan nu ikke vćre en umulig tanke, dersom der stadig bliver fremstillet bćreposer, fiskenet og andet i fx plante-materiale. Teknikken er blevet og bliver brugt jorden rundt, efterhĺnden som mennesker har befolket de enkelte kontinenter. Specialiseringen er dog fřrst og fremmed nřdvendiggjort af klimaet i Norden, i Skandinavien og de Baltiske omrĺder, samt den vestlige del af Rusland. For at forgćngeligt materiale som uld, pileflet og trćting skal kunne overleve i flere tusind ĺr, mĺ der vćre optimale forhold, der gřr, at disse ting ikke nedbrydes. The Archaeology and Ethnology has been with me for the last couple of years. My allegation is therefore: The technique of Nĺlebinding is just as old as weaving, which could be developed from the time where human beings became permanent settlers taking care of agriculture and livestock. The oldest race of sheep is the Soay from Outer Hebrides Islands in the Atlantic Sea west of Scotland and another race still living in Mongolia. These old races throw their wool just like the Muskox in Greenland. Nĺlebinding must have been used by man for more than 100.000 years, as they had the need to carry and keep various things - and furthermore you can find the technique still in use all over the world. Often it is various kinds of grasses and lianas. The special use here in the Northern Europe was necessary due to the cold climate. Unfortunately items made out of perishable materials cannot last for long as metals. This is why only a few things have survived. Archaeologists know that only 5% of all kinds of utensils have survived since the Iron Age. But still finds can provide knowledge of what kind of live humans have had for several millenniums.
