Lot 08097

BARNETT W. K. & HOOPES J. W. (Eds.), “The Emergence of Pottery: Technology and Innovation in Ancient Societies”, Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, DC, 1995. In 4o, p. xviii, 285. Twenty-five scholars reconsider the early developmemt of pottery in sites across the globe, including Near East, N. Africa, Europe, the Pacific and the Americas. book explores pottery production in the contexts of the origins of agriculture, the development of sedentism and exchange systems and its role in social and economic structures. Paperback, illustrated, slightly corner bumped. Near fine inside.