Pre-Pottery Neolithic people made cooking vessels from stone - basalt and granite - rather than pottery. Stone vessels were actually more sophisticated because they took longer to create. Limestone broke down when wet, so wasn't suitable. Pottery eventually won because it was faster to produce. 12:14-13:22
PPN people created sophisticated stone cooking vessels
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- Pre-Pottery Neolithic people had bowls and cooking wear made entirely from stone
- They used basalt and granite rather than pottery
- Stone cooking vessels were more sophisticated than pottery as they took longer to create
- Limestone was too soluble for extended use - it breaks down when wet
- Pottery eventually replaced stone because it was easier and quicker to produce
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Ancient pottery shows sophisticated prehistoric cooking methodsearth.com
Burned crusts on ancient pottery reveal that Stone Age people cooked fish together with berries, seeds, and other plants.
Leftovers in prehistoric pots let scientists peek into the kitchen of an ...eurekalert.org
Our results show how the prehistoric people who made these vessels processed different foodstuffs and mixed them together, transforming them into meals.
Episode 14: Networks and Inventions in the Pre-Pottery Neolithicprehistorypodcast.com
Stone vessels were made in slightly different shapes, and with different types of decoration, in different regions. The details of daily life do ...
How Pottery Offers Glimpses Into Ancient Foodwayssapiens.org
Archaeologists, armed with new technology and old fragments of food containers, are piecing together what humans in the past cooked and ate.
Pre-Pottery Neolithic - Wikipediaen.wikipedia.org
The Pre-Pottery Neolithic (PPN) represents the early Neolithic in the Near East, dating to c. 12,000 – c. 8,500 years ago, (10000 – 6500 BCE).
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