Pre-American Quilt
Late Cretaceous period, circa 24,993,815 BCE
Prior to the First Ice Age (approximately 24,995,000 BCE) prehistoric people living in the North American Continent used long-haired mammoth(s) to keep warm during the winter months. Since these primitive people had not yet invented clothing, the mammoths were tamed and taught to hibernate in communal caves throughout the long cold season. The animal acted as a space heater that generated enough warmth for an average single story cave.
During the ice age, all mammoth beasts disappeared and the natives had to devise a new method of keeping warm. A relatively intelligent woman named Mnnng discovered a flat rock. Individually, it didn’t keep a naked body very warm. But, her daughter eventually discovered a second rock and the combination became the basis for a family rock warmer. Each succeeding generation collected another rock and, by the end of the ice age, a full size warming quilt was created.
However, it took several more generations of trial and error before a method of connecting the pieces of rock could be found.
Shown here is a small portion of a multi-generational project discovered under an Interstate underpass near the town of Herndon, Iowa.
This example of a prehistoric approach to quilting is believed to be the work of the Ungggh family clan. Carbon dating indicates that the handiwork was created by twin wives Ulg and Ung and their descendants during the period 24,993,825 – 24,993,316 BCE…give or take a few million years.
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