Archaeology an early use for ceramics

摘要

The development of pottery was a milestone in human achievement, paving the way for sophisticated cooking, storage and other technologies. The earliest known potters lived in eastern Asia long before the development of agriculture or a settled way of life. What they did with their pots has been a matter of speculation - now it's chemistry. A chromatographic stable-isotope investigation of 101 charred ceramic pots from the Incipient Jfjmon culture, dating to between 11,800 and 15,000 years old, shows that they may have cooked fish in them. Lipids extracted from these vessels are typical of marine and freshwater organisms. Earliest evidence for the use of pottery