Earliest fired clay at Klisoura Cave in Greece dated 34,000-23,000 BC

November 05, 2026GreeceGeneralShare

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Key facts

• The video uses a published chronology of prehistoric pottery (from the arts website Arts Lookout) that starts at 34,000 BC.
• Earliest evidence for the firing of clay is reported from Klisoura Cave in the eastern Peloponnese, Greece, with a broad date range of 34,000-23,000 BC.
• The finds were shallow basins; the video reports the suggestion that they began as clay-lined hearths used for cooking, including roasting wild grasses.
• The presenters present the clay-lined-hearth origin of pottery as a hypothesis, not an established fact, and stress that these early pieces may be accidental rather than deliberate vessels.
• The chronology notes that clay-fired pots and figurines were invented at different times in different places, and that China is the region where pottery was practiced continuously from the beginning.
• The presenters note that little Far Eastern and Chinese archaeology is translated into European languages, so Western narratives risk underestimating early eastern developments.

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