Chronology of the Beginning of Pottery Manufacture in East Asia

From the 18th International Radiocarbon Conference held in Wellington, New Zealand, September 1-5, 2003.This paper presents an updated radiocarbon chronology of the earliest pottery sites in the Old World. Ceramic production originated in the Late Glacial period in several regions of East Asiathe Japanese Islands, the Russian Far East, and southern Chinaat approximately the same time, about 13,70013,300 BP (about 17,20014,900 cal BP).The Radiocarbon archives are made available by Radiocarbon and the University of Arizona Libraries. Contact lbry-journals@email.arizona.edu for further information.Migrated from OJS platform February 202