Earliest evidence for the use of pottery

O. E. Craig (), H. Saul, A. Lucquin, Y. Nishida, K. Taché, L. Clarke, A. Thompson, D. T. Altoft, J. Uchiyama, M. Ajimoto, K. Gibbs, S. Isaksson, C. P. Heron and P. Jordan
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O. E. Craig: BioArCh, University of York, Heslington, York YO10 5DD, UK
H. Saul: BioArCh, University of York, Heslington, York YO10 5DD, UK
A. Lucquin: BioArCh, University of York, Heslington, York YO10 5DD, UK
Y. Nishida: Niigata Prefectural Museum of History, Sekihara 1, Nagaoka, Niigata 940-2035, Japan
K. Taché: BioArCh, University of York, Heslington, York YO10 5DD, UK
L. Clarke: Archaeological Sciences, University of Bradford, Richmond Road, Bradford BD7 1DP, UK
A. Thompson: School of Environmental Sciences, Nicholson Building, 4 Brownlow Street, The University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 3GP, UK
D. T. Altoft: BioArCh, University of York, Heslington, York YO10 5DD, UK
J. Uchiyama: Research Institute for Humanity and Nature, 457-4 Kamigamo-motoyama, Kita-ku, Kyoto 603-8047, Japan
M. Ajimoto: Wakasa History and Folklore Museum, Onyu 2-104, Obama, Fukui 917-0241, Japan
K. Gibbs: University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen AB24 3UF, UK
S. Isaksson: Centre for the Study of Cultural Evolution, Stockholm University, SE-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden
C. P. Heron: Archaeological Sciences, University of Bradford, Richmond Road, Bradford BD7 1DP, UK
P. Jordan: Arctic Centre, University of Groningen, PO Box 716, 9700 AS Groningen, Netherlands

Nature, 2013, vol. 496, issue 7445, 351-354

Abstract: Chemical analysis of food residues associated with Japanese Jōmon pottery, which dates from the Late Pleistocene epoch and is the oldest pottery so far investigated, shows that most deposits were derived from high-trophic-level aquatic food.

Date: 2013
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