A long-overdue advancement in ceramic studies, this volume sheds new light on the adoption and dispersal of pottery by non-agricultural societies of prehistoric Eurasia. Major contributions from Western Europe, Eastern Europe and Asia make this a truly international work that brings together different theories and material for the first time. Researchers and scholars studying the origins and dispersal of pottery, the prehistoric peoples or Eurasia, and flow of ancient technologies will all benefit from this book.

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

Reviews

"Readers will welcome this major advance in solving the enduring question of why pottery emerged in various parts of the world only towards the end of the prehistoric period It has been a great pleasure to peruse the contributions of this volume and become acquainted with the most recent developments in the quest to understand the origins of pottery--a phenomenon, as Jordan and Zvelebil note, too long equated with the Neolithic revolution."

--From the Foreword by Brian Hayden, Simon Fraser University

Book Information
ISBN 9781611327892
Author Peter Jordan
Format Paperback
Page Count 590
Imprint Left Coast Press Inc
Publisher Left Coast Press Inc
Weight(grams) 771g