Early Farmers, Late Foragers, and Ceramic Traditions. On the Beginning of Pottery in the Near East and Europe, 2009, 285 p. -

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. Contents : D. Gheorghiu, Early Pottery : A Concise Overview ; M. Ozdogan, Earliest Use of Pottery in Anatolia ; E. Banffy, Variations on the Neolithic Transition in Eastern and Western Hungary ; M. Spataro, Cultural Diversities : The Early Neolithic in the Adriatic Region and Central Balkans. A Pottery Perspective ; I. M. Muntoni, Early Neolithic Ceramics in Southern Italy : Relationships between Pottery Technology and Prduction Organization ; M. Pilar Prieto-Martinez, From Galicia to the Iberian Peninsula : Neolithic Ceramics and Traditions ; J. P. de Roever, The Pottery of Hunter-Gatherers in Transition to Agriculture. Illustrated by the Swifterbant Culture, the Netherlands ; A. Hauzeur, First Appearance of Pottery in Western Europe : The Questions of La Hoguette and Limburg Ceramics ; G. Nash, What is the Evidence and Consequences of Exchanging Bone and Antler and Pottery Designs Between Ertebole and TRB Danubian Communities ? ; F. Hallgren, Early Pottery among Hunter-horticulturalists and Hunter-gatherers in Central Fenno-Scandinavia ; A. M. Larsson, Pots, Pits and People : Hunter-Gatherer Pottery Tradition in Neolithic Sweden.