Origin of Old World pottery as viewed from the early 2010s: When, where and why?

World Archaeology

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 539-556

  Kuzmin, Yaroslav V ^a  

^a SOBOLEV INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND MINERALOGY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

East Asia; Old World; origin of pottery making; Pottery; radiocarbon dating

Indexed keywords

ARTIFACT; CERAMICS; GEOCHRONOLOGY; HUMAN SETTLEMENT; PALEOLITHIC; RADIOCARBON DATING; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT;

CHINA; JAPAN; RUSSIAN FAR EAST; RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

EID: 84888013729     PISSN: 00438243     EISSN: 14701375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00438243.2013.821669     Document Type: Article

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