The emergence of pottery in Africa during the tenth millennium cal BC: new evidence from Ounjougou (Mali)
| Autor: | Sylvain Ozainne, Michel Rasse, Katharina Neumann, Aziz Ballouche, Marino Maggetti, Laurent Lespez, Chantal Tribolo, Sylvain Soriano, Ahmed Fahmy, Eric Huysecom |
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| Rok vydání: | 2009 |
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| Zdroj: | ANTIQUITY Scopus-Elsevier Antiquity, Vol. 83, No 322 (2009) pp. 905-917 |
| ISSN: | 1745-1744 0003-598X |
| DOI: | 10.1017/s0003598x00099245 |
| Popis: | New excavations in ravines at Ounjougou in Mali have brought to light a lithic and ceramic assemblage that dates from before 9400 cal BC. The authors show that this first use of pottery coincides with a warm wet period in the Sahara. As in East Asia, where very early ceramics are also known, the pottery and small bifacial arrowheads were the components of a new subsistence strategy exploiting an ecology associated with abundant wild grasses. In Africa, however, the seeds were probably boiled (then as now) rather than made into bread. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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