Download or read book Early Farmers, Late Foragers, and Ceramic Traditions written by Dragoş Gheorghiu and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2009-01-23 with total page 285 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work presents the most recent views on a subject of primordial importance for all students of history: the understanding of humankind’s process of becoming, viewed through the study of the beginnings of pottery in the late forager, and early farmer societies of Europe. It is a collection of essays, by some of the prominent European scholars and young dynamic archaeologists whose works focus on the early European and Middle Eastern pottery, intended to present a new perspective on the rise of a new technology in prehistory. With the breadth, variety and novelty of the approaches presented, “Early farmers, late foragers and ceramic traditions. On the beginning of pottery in Europe” is a fascinating read for scholars, as well as for the public at large.