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The World's First Pottery is Older Than You Think

Dan Davis History via YouTube

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This video explores the surprising ancient origins of pottery, revealing that the first ceramic creations are much older than commonly believed. Discover how hunter-fisher-forager societies developed sophisticated pottery technology before the advent of agriculture. Learn about the geographical origins, timeline, and inventors of the world's first pottery through archaeological evidence and expert analysis. Understand the practical and cultural motivations behind this revolutionary technology's development and follow its fascinating spread from Asia to Europe. The presentation covers the oldest ceramic artifacts ever discovered, the functional reasons for pottery invention, and the transmission patterns of this crucial technology across prehistoric Afro-Eurasia.

Syllabus

00:00 World’s Oldest Pottery
01:27 Sponsorship
02:52 The Oldest Ceramics
11:37 Why Invent Pottery?
22:10 Pottery Spreads to Europe

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