Hunter-gatherers and the origins of ceramics
Marek Zvelebil is examining, with Peter Jordan, the origins and use of ceramics by hunter-gatherers. For a 
long time, it has been assumed that pottery was an iconic signature of the Neolithic and an integral part of the farming package, compatible with settled societies. Increasingly new evidence shows that hunter-gatherers were producing pottery as early as 13,000 years ago and that the use of ceramics has spread across northern Eurasia from China to Europe, between 12,000 and 6000 years ago. They are running a session at TAG 2005 `Origins of ceramics and hunter-gatherers of Northern Eurasia´, the papers from which will be published by University College London Press.
Recent publications
- 2003 Forest farmers, hunters and fishers of later prehistoric Europe: the Pitted Ware culture. In Bogucki, P., Crabtree, P.J. (eds): Ancient Europe 8000 BC–AD 1000: Encyclopaedia of the Barbarian Word, Charles Scribner and sons, Farminton Hills, MI, USA
- In press Innovating Hunter-Gatherers. The Mesolithic in the Baltic. In G. Bailey and P Spikins (eds) Mesolithic Europe
- In Prep (edited with Peter Jordan) Origins of ceramics and hunter-gatherers of Northern Eurasia. University College London Press