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xchrom

(108,903 posts) Fri Jun 29, 2012, 09:54 AM Jun 2012

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Pottery invented in China to cook food and brew alcohol

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-18602281

Fragment from a 20,000 year old bowl found in Southern China

The oldest known samples of pottery have been unearthed in southern China.

The US archaeologists involved have determined that fragments from a large bowl found in Xianrendong Cave, Jiangxi Province, are 20,000 years old.

The discovery, published in the journal Science, is the latest in recent years that have pushed back the invention of pottery by 10,000 years.

It is thought that the bowl was a cauldron to cook food, or possibly to brew alcohol.

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Pottery invented in China to cook food and brew alcohol (Original Post) xchrom Jun 2012 OP

That is pretty awesome. bluedigger Jun 2012 #1

Very interesting! More or less intact hand-formed vessel fragments from at least 20,000 years ago. Judi Lynn Jun 2012 #2

bluedigger

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1. That is pretty awesome.

Reply to xchrom (Original post)

Fri Jun 29, 2012, 10:10 AM

Jun 2012

It looks exactly like some not-as-old pottery I've found in Delaware.

Judi Lynn

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2. Very interesting! More or less intact hand-formed vessel fragments from at least 20,000 years ago.

Reply to xchrom (Original post)

Fri Jun 29, 2012, 12:03 PM

Jun 2012

We need to hear a lot more about this soon, I hope! Amazing.

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