Ceramics Before Farming: The Dispersal of Pottery Among Prehistoric Eurasian Hunter-Gatherers

by Jordan,Peter; Jordan,Peter

• ISBN13: 9781598742459
• ISBN10: 1598742450
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2010-04-15
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

Archaeologists Have Traditionally Viewed ceramic production and use to be the product of agriculturally based societies. But in Northern Eurasia, the tradition of using pottery long predates the introduction of agriculture. This comprehensive collection of original papers from leading scholars sheds new light on the adoption and dispersal of pottery by non-agricultural societies of prehistoric Eurasia. Offering major contributions from a dozen countries in Western Europe, Eastern Europe and Asia, many by authors writing in English for the first time, makes this a truly international work of theory and research. To those interested in ancient technology, the archaeology of prehistoric Eurasia, and ceramic studies this volume represents an essential addition to their research library. Book jacket.

Author Biography

Dr Peter Jordan is a Senior Lecturer in Archaeology at the University of Aberdeen.Dr Merek Zvelebil is a Professor of Archaeology at the University of Sheffield

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations	p. 11
Foreword	p. 19
Preface	p. 27
Introduction	p. 31
Ex Oriente Lux: The Prehistory of Hunter-Gatherer Ceramic Dispersals	p. 33
Early Ceramic Innovations and Dispersals	p. 91
Long-Term Innovation: The Appearance and Spread of Pottery in the Japanese Archipelago	p. 93
Pottery Making in Prehistoric Cultures of the Russian Far East	p. 121
Hunter-Gatherer Ceramics of Neolithic Korea	p. 149
Review of Early Hunter-Gatherer Pottery in Eastern Siberia	p. 167
Early Hunter-Gatherer Ceramics in the Urals and Western Siberia	p. 209
Early Pottery Makers in Eastern Europe: Centres of Origins, Subsistence and Dispersal	p. 237
Early Hunter-Gatherer Ceramics in Karelia	p. 255
Ceramic Anthropomorphic Sculptures of the East European Forest Zone	p. 281
Pottery of the Stone Age Hunter-Gatherers in Finland	p. 299
Ceramics as a Novelty in Northern and Southern Sweden	p. 319
'All Change'? Exploring the Role of Technological Choice in the Early Northern Comb Ware of Finnmark, Arctic Norway	p. 347
'Tiny Islands in a Far Sea'-On the Seal Hunters of Åland, and the Northwestern Limit in the Spread of Early Pottery	p. 375
The Pitted Ware Culture in Eastern Middle Sweden: Material Culture and Human Agency	p. 395
Pitted Ware Culture Ceramics: Aspects of Pottery Production and Use at Ottenby Royal Manor, Öland, Sweden	p. 421
Early Pottery in Forager-Farmer Interaction Zones	p. 447
Hunter-Gatherers and Early Ceramics in Poland	p. 449
Early Pottery in Hunter-Gatherer Societies of Western Europe	p. 477
Ceramic Trajectories: From Figurines to Vessels	p. 499
Transregional Culture Contacts and the Neolithization Process in Northern Central Europe	p. 527
Ceramic Dispersals in World Perspective	p. 551
Discussion: Living at the Edge	p. 553
Hunter-Gatherer Pottery: An Emerging 14C Chronology	p. 561
Index	p. 571
About the Editors and Contributors	p. 585
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