ntainers found in a Chinese cave date to between 19,000 and 20,000
in East Asia used pottery for cooking at least 10,000
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Oldest Pot
This pottery fragment and others found near it in a Chinese cave date to 20,000 years ago, making them the oldest known examples of pottery
History of Ceramics
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Ceramics is one of the most ancient industries on the planet. Once humans discovered that clay could be du