A weft-less, warp-only twisted weaving, made with wool, silk, papyrus, linen or cotton yarns stretched over bars, using fingers for weaving & sticks as placeholders.
Neolithic to modern -- from the start of the Iron Age over 3000 years ago, still in use today.
Norway, Denmark (1400 BCE), Sweden, Switzerland, Germany, Austria, France, Greece, Spain, Egypt (400 CE), India, Syria, Persia (Iran), Pakistan, Tunisia, York (UK), Byelorussia (Belarus), Ukraine, Russia, Czechoslovakia (Czech Republic & Slovakia), Peru (500 BCE), Guatemala, Colombia, Mexico, Arizona (US), Wisconsin (US).
Hammocks, shopping bags, bottle covers, pouches, coin purses, sashes, scarves, stockings, belts, drawstrings, hairnets, caps.
Recommended reading:
Regia Anglorum's Sprang - The history, origins, construction and use of thread twisting.
Phiala's String Pages Sprang Bags and
Patterned Sprang.
Lord Mikael "Kael" McCue's Pennsic University Overview of Sprang, in-person handout.
Wikipedia article on Sprang.
Recommended viewing:
Google image search for sprang.