tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8743102750721348863.post4993315892721046984..comments2024-03-28T06:30:58.474-07:00Comments on Old European culture: Basket potteryoldeuropeanculturehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07880222013739472782noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8743102750721348863.post-14589017282599812092021-05-13T22:31:16.787-07:002021-05-13T22:31:16.787-07:00This is a nice insight. The Amur region and Japan ...This is a nice insight. The Amur region and Japan are very wet, humid, and maybe even more so in the Jomon Period (factoring in additional moisture from melting glaciers of the last ice age). The first pottery may in fact may have been braziers as suggested by some Jomon styles: <br />https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jomon_Vessel_with_Flame-like_Ornamentation,_attributed_provenance_Umataka,_Nagaoka-shi,_Niigata,_Jomon_period,_3000-2000_BC_-_Tokyo_National_Museum_-_DSC05620.JPG<br /><br />I've read that no pottery has been found in migration digs from Alaska, but perhaps they were carrying this basket-lined technology with their fires inside. Perhaps there were also clay-lined skins. Adamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12446216428839210167noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8743102750721348863.post-23821889465581956482018-08-13T16:47:52.448-07:002018-08-13T16:47:52.448-07:00This might be of interest: http://www.sciencemag.o...This might be of interest: http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2018/08/animal-fat-ancient-pottery-shards-reveals-nearly-catastrophic-period-human-prehistory<br /><br /> Among its more noteworthy features, Çatalhöyük’s inhabitants were obsessed with plaster, lining their walls with it, using it as a canvas for artwork, and even coating the skulls of their dead to recreate the lifelike countenances of their loved ones.DDedenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10033851770461086341noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8743102750721348863.post-4813523067366129892018-08-13T16:14:31.514-07:002018-08-13T16:14:31.514-07:00My speculation is that embers were carried in slow...My speculation is that embers were carried in slow-burning green leaf folds (still done by some Congo Pygmies), then in clay-coated woven/twisted baskets (which were dry), then in clay pots (reportedly used by Andaman Pygmies during WWII). There were certainly other functions for clay pots & baskets, but I think keeping the fire alive while on the trail, especially during the rainy season & winter season was important even after flint-pyrite, bow drills and fire pistons were invented. DDedenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10033851770461086341noreply@blogger.com