Textiles have been made in the British Isles for over 4,000 years - woven flax found in the Orkneys has been dated back to c.2000 B.C. The ancient woollen industry dates back almost 1,000 years. Linen has been manufactured in England since the 13th Century, and fustian (cotton / linen mix) weaving was introduced by Flemish settlers to East Anglia in the 1500s. By the early 1600s, Flemish weavers had travelled north from East Anglia and helped establish the forerunner of the cotton industry in Lancashire. Before the Industrial Revolution, most textiles were produced in the home, the "Domestic System". Almost 2 million pounds of raw cotton was imported into Britain in 1701, to be used in the cottages of hand-spinners and handloom weavers. The family's production of textiles often provided a much needed additional income, and was typically combined with farming. Once the woven cloth had been produced, the household would sell their wares, or "pieces", to travelling clothiers - chapmen - who would bring their packhorse trains through the villages, taking the cloth on to "Piece Halls", to be sold at home and abroad.