Timeline for What could an aquatic civilization use to write on/with?
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| Oct 29, 2016 at 13:01 | comment | added | Erin Thursby | You would be looking for a naturally occurring underwater fiber that lasts in seawater. As far as I know, on earth, there isn't anything like this. You could make up something in that world that does occur like this, but as far as I can tell, in order for them to have fabric, you would have to invent a plant unlike what we have here on earth. | |
| Oct 29, 2016 at 12:56 | comment | added | Erin Thursby | I mean I am looking at earth as the model--just because that's what we have. There's no naturally occurring fiber that I know of in the ocean that wouldn't just rot away. As for gold thread--do you know how hard that is to do? paternosters.blogspot.com/2008/08/threads-of-silk-and-gold.html | |
| Oct 28, 2016 at 21:13 | comment | added | drgnlrd | @ErinThursby One possibility is gold thread like the ancient Egyptians did. Another option, if we're not constrained to earth, is something akin to cotton. A naturally occurring fiber that can be spun and used on a loom wouldn't require a curing process. | |
| Oct 28, 2016 at 11:29 | comment | added | Erin Thursby | how would fabric be made underwater? I guess seaweed? but there's no way to cure it? Nothing would last. Hides can't be cured... | |
| Oct 27, 2016 at 16:48 | history | answered | drgnlrd | CC BY-SA 3.0 |