A long-overdue advancement in ceramic studies, this volume sheds new light on the adoption and dispersal of pottery by non-agricultural societies of prehistoric Eurasia. Major contributions from Western Europe, Eastern Europe and Asia make this a truly international work that brings together different theories and material for the first time. Researchers and scholars studying the origins and dispersal of pottery, the prehistoric peoples or Eurasia, and flow of ancient technologies will all benefit from this book.
A long overdue advancement in ceramic studies, this volume sheds new light on the adoption and dispersal of pottery by non-agricultural societies of prehistoric Eurasia. Major contributions from Western Europe, Eastern Europe and Asia make this a truly international work that brings together different theories and material for the first time.
Peter Jordan is a Senior Lecturer in Archaeology at the University of Aberdeen. His research interests include the archaeology, ethnoarchaeology and ethnohistory of northern hunter-gatherers and reindeer-herders.Marek Zvelebil is a Professor of Archaeology at the University of Sheffield
List of IllustrationsForeword by Brian HaydenPrefacePart 1 INTRODUCTION1. Ex Oriente Lux: The Prehistory of Hunter Gatherer Ceramic Dispersals – Peter Jordan and Marek ZvelebilPart 2 EARLY CERAMIC INNOVATIONS AND DISPERSALS2. Long-Term Innovation: The Appearance and Spread of Pottery in the Japanese Archipelago - Simon Kaner3. Pottery-making in Prehistoric Cultures of the Russian Far East - Irina S. Zhushchikhovskaya4. Hunter-Gatherer Ceramics of Neolithic Korea - Daeyoun Cho and Ilhong Ko5. Review of Early Hunter-Gatherer Pottery in Eastern Siberia - Hugh McKenzie6. Early Hunter Gatherer Ceramics in the Urals and Western Siberia - Natal'ia M. Chairkina and Lubov' L. Kosinskaya7. Early Pottery Makers in Eastern Europe: Centres of Origins, Subsistence and Dispersal - Pavel M. Dolukhanov, Andrei M.lƒ»
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