Research on the pottery decorations and manufacturing techniques of the Houtaomuga Phase I culture
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Penghui Li
Abstract
The Houtaomuga Phase I culture represents the earliest Neolithic remains found in Northeast China heretofore, thus filling an over 10,000-year gap in early pottery distribution. Pottery decorations and manufacturing techniques from this culture are unique. The pattern application methods seen are stamping, rolling, and incising. The emergence of flat-bottomed pottery and coiling techniques serves as a prelude to the later ceramic tradition of cylindrical jars with flat bottoms. Comb-teeth decorations along with plant fiber temper indicate similarity with pottery remains in Eastern Siberia and the Russian Far East.
Postscript
The original article 后套木嘎一期文化陶器纹饰与制法研究 was published in Kaogu 考古 (Archaeology) 2021.4:77–88 with six figures, one table, and 26 notes. This abbreviated English version, translated by Zhengdong Guo 郭峥栋, has removed the notes.
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- Frontmatter
- New archaeological discoveries
- The Piluo Paleolithic site in Daocheng, Sichuan
- The Huangshan Neolithic site in Nanyang, Henan
- The sacrificial area at the Sanxingdui site in Guanghan, Sichuan
- The Guozishan Warring States tomb M1 in Zhangshu, Jiangxi
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- The 2015–2019 excavation of the bronze foundry site at the Huanbei Shang City in Anyang, Henan
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- Archaeological observations on agro-pastoralist integration in south-central Inner Mongolia during the Eastern Zhou
- On crescent-shaped objects of the early Bronze Age in southern Siberia and the surrounding areas
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