Ark ologien og etnologien har v ret med mig de seneste r. Derfor er min p stand at N lebindingsteknikken er lige s gammel som v vning, der kunne udvikles fra det tidspunkt hvor mennesker blev fastboende som agedyrkere og kv gavlere. De f rste f reracer beh vedes ikke at blive klippet, da de selv f ldede ulden, som vi kender det fra moskusokser p Gr nland. I dag kender vi bl.a. til Soay-f ret fra de Ydre Hebrider og Mongoliet. At N lebinding m v re brugt af mennesker gennem mere end 100.000 r kan nu ikke v re en umulig tanke, dersom der stadig bliver fremstillet b reposer, fiskenet og andet i fx plante-materiale. Teknikken er blevet og bliver brugt jorden rundt, efterh nden som mennesker har befolket de enkelte kontinenter. Specialiseringen er dog f rst og fremmed n dvendiggjort af klimaet i Norden, i Skandinavien og de Baltiske omr der, samt den vestlige del af Rusland. For at forg ngeligt materiale som uld, pileflet og tr ting skal kunne overleve i flere tusind r, m der v re optimale forhold, der g r, 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 N lebinding 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. N lebinding 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