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C B f eramiCs efore arming Publications of the Institute of Archaeology, University College London Series Editor: Ruth Whitehouse Director of the Institute: Stephen Shennan Founding Series Editor: Peter J. Ucko The Institute of Archaeology of University College London is one of the oldest, largest and most prestigious archaeology research facilities in the world. Its extensive publications programme includes the best theory, research, pedagogy and reference materials in archaeology and cognate disciplines, through publishing exemplary work of scholars worldwide. Through its publications, the Institute brings together key areas of theoretical and substantive knowledge, improves archaeological practice and brings archaeological findings to the general public, researchers and practitioners. It also publishes staff research projects, site and survey reports, and conference proceedings. The publications programme, formerly developed in-house or in conjunction with UCL Press, is now produced in partnership with Left Coast Press, Inc. The Institute can be accessed online at http://www.ucl. ac.uk/archaeology. C B f eramiCs efore arming The Dispersal of Pottery Among Prehistoric Eurasian Hunter-Gatherers Peter Jordan Marek Zvelebil Editors Walnut Creek, California LEFT COAST PRESS, INC. 1630 North Main Street, #400 Walnut Creek, CA 94596 http://www.LCoastPress.com Copyright © 2009 by Left Coast Press, Inc. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior permission of the publisher. ISBN 978-1-59874-245-9 hardcover Library of Congress Cataloguing-in-Publication Data: Ceramics before farming : the dispersal of pottery among prehistoric Eurasian hunter-gatherers / Peter Jordan, Marek Zvelebil, editors. p. cm.—(Publications of the Institute of Archaeology, University College London) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-1-59874-245-9 (hardcover : alk. paper) 1. Pottery, Prehistoric—Eurasia. 2. Eurasia—Antiquities. I. Jordan, Peter (Peter D.) II. Zvelebil, Marek. GN849.C46 2009 666’.609012—dc22 2009028842 Printed in the United States of America ∞TMThe paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of American National Standard for Information Sciences—Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI/NISO Z39.48–1992. 09 10 11 12 13 5 4 3 2 1 Dedication We dedicate this volume to four scholars who, perhaps more than others, disregarded regional boundaries and ignored modern national frontiers in pursuit of a truly inter-regional Eurasian prehistory: Gutorm Gjessing (1944) The Circumpolar Stone Age. Copenhagen: (Acta Arctica II). Grahame Clark (1952) Prehistoric Europe: The Economic Basis. London: Methuen; (1971) World Prehistory: A New Outline. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Tadeusz Sulimirski (1970) Prehistoric Russia: An Outline. London: John Baker. Aleksei Pavlovich Okladnikov (1979) Otkrytie Sibiri. Novosibirsk: Nauka. This volume is an output of the Centre for the Evolution of Cultural Diversity (CECD), which is funded by the UK’s Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC). The project was co-managed by Peter Jordan (Principal Investigator, CECD) and Marek Zvelebil (Associate Member, CECD) and originally entitled ‘Use of Ceramics by Old-World Hunter-Gatherers’. C ontents List of Illustrations 11 Foreword Brian Hayden 19 Preface 27 Part 1. INTRODUCTION 31 1. Ex Oriente Lux: The Prehistory of Hunter- 33 Gatherer Ceramic Dispersals Peter Jordan and Marek Zvelebil Part 2. EARLY CERAMIC INNOVATIONS 91 AND DISPERSALS 2. Long-Term Innovation: The Appearance and Spread of 93 Pottery in the Japanese Archipelago Simon Kaner 3. Pottery Making in Prehistoric Cultures of the Russian 121 Far East Irina S Zhushchikhovskaya 4. Hunter-Gatherer Ceramics of Neolithic Korea 149 Daeyoun Cho and Ilhong Ko 5. Review of Early Hunter-Gatherer Pottery in Eastern Siberia 167 Hugh G McKenzie 6. Early Hunter-Gatherer Ceramics in the Urals and 209 Western Siberia Natal’ia M Chairkina and Lubov’ L Kosinskaia 7. Early Pottery Makers in Eastern Europe: Centres of Origins, 237 Subsistence and Dispersal Pavel M Dolukhanov, Andrei M Mazurkevich and Anvar M Shukurov 8. Early Hunter-Gatherer Ceramics in Karelia 255 Konstantin German 9. Ceramic Anthropomorphic Sculptures of the East 281 European Forest Zone Ekaterina Kashina 10. Pottery of the Stone Age Hunter-Gatherers in Finland 299 Petro Pesonen and Sirpa Leskinen 11. Ceramics as a Novelty in Northern and Southern Sweden 319 Ole Stilborg and Lena Holm 12. ‘All Change’? Exploring the Role of Technological 347 Choice in the Early Northern Comb Ware of Finnmark, Arctic Norway Marianne Skandfer 13. ‘Tiny Islands in a Far Sea’—On the Seal Hunters of 375 Åland, and the Northwestern Limit in the Spread of Early Pottery Fredrik Hallgren 14. The Pitted Ware Culture in Eastern Middle Sweden: 395 Material Culture and Human Agency Mats Larsson 15. Pitted Ware Culture Ceramics: Aspects of Pottery 421 Production and Use at Ottenby Royal Manor, Öland, Sweden Ludvig Papmehl-Dufay Part 3. EARLY POTTERY IN FORAGER-FARMER 447 INTERACTION ZONES 16. Hunter-Gatherers and Early Ceramics in Poland 449 Marek Nowak 17. Early Pottery in Hunter-Gatherer Societies of Western 477 Europe Philippe Crombé 18. Ceramic Trajectories: From Figurines to Vessels 499 Mihael Budja 19. Transregional Culture Contacts and the 527 Neolithization Process in Northern Central Europe Detlef Gronenborn Part 4. CERAMIC DISPERSALS IN 551 WORLD PERSPECTIVE 20. Discussion: Living at the Edge 553 William K Barnett 21. Hunter-Gatherer Pottery: An Emerging 14C Chronology 561 Peter Hommel Index 571 About the Editors and Contributors 585
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