The first use of functional pottery vessels for storing water and food is thought to be around 9000 or 10,000 BC
Glass was believed to be discovered in Egypt around 8000 BC, when overheating of kilns produced a colored glaze on the pottery. Experts estimate that it was not until 1500 BC that glass was produced independently of ceramics and fashioned into separate items.
Prehistoric Pottery- PDF: Click Link
29000 BCE - 25000 BCE- |
Ceramic Figuringes: Primarily Ceremonial |
Stone Age |
The Stone Age was a broad prehistoric period during which stone was widely used to make tools with an edge, a point, or a percussion surface.The period lasted for roughly 3.4 million years,[1] and ended between 8700 BCE and 2000 BCE
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Paleolithic |
-Xianrendong Cave Pottery (c.18,000 BCE): Paleolithic : Link Xianren CaveMesopotamia& India: (14000BCE) First Clay Tiles |
Neolithic - |
10,000–4,500 BC : |
Japan Jamon PotteryEarliest form of Pottery Wheel MesopotamiaEgyptians discover glaze (2,700 BC) |
Bronze Age |
The Bronze Age is a historical period that was characterized by the use of bronze, in some areas proto-writing, and other early features of urban civilization. ... Although the Iron Age generally followed the Bronze Age, in some areas (such as Sub-Saharan Africa), the Iron Age began as early as 2500 BC
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Iron Age |
The Iron Age was a period in human history that started between 1200 B.C. and 600 B.C., depending on the region, and followed the Stone Age and Bronze Age. During the Iron Age, people across much of Europe, Asia and parts of Africa began making tools and weapons from iron and steel
Greek Black Figure Pottery: 700 BCEGreek Red Figure Pottery:525-520 BCE |
Prehistoric England |
Stonehenge Area |