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The emergence of pottery in Africa during the 10th millennium calBC: new evidence from Ounjougou (Mali).

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New excavations in ravines at Ounjougou in Mali have brought to light a lithic and ceramic assemblage that dates from before 9400 cal BC. The authors show that this first use of pottery coincides with a warm wet period in the Sahara. As in East Asia, where very early ceramics are also known, the pottery and small bifacial arrowheads were the components of a new subsistence strategy exploiting an ecology associated with abundant wild grasses. In Africa however the seeds were probably boiled (then as now) rather than made into bread.

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hal-00692506 , version 1 (30-04-2012)

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Eric Huysecom, Michel Rasse, Laurent Lespez, Katharina Neumann, A. Fahmy, et al.. The emergence of pottery in Africa during the 10th millennium calBC: new evidence from Ounjougou (Mali).. Antiquity, 2009, 83 (322), pp.905-917. ⟨10.1017/S0003598X00099245⟩. ⟨hal-00692506⟩
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