Well known and clearly associated with #PrePotteryNeolithic contexts are e.g. #StoneVessels from different places like #KörtikTepe in Turkey or #JerfElAhmar and #TellAbr in Syria as well as (often fragmented though) many more related sites (including Göbekli Tepe by the way). https://t.co/6FHeBZT6fx

Maybe fuelled by recent claims that #Neolithic hunters were too "simple" and thus not capable of cultural achievements, there seems to be a misunderstanding about the "#pottery" part in #PrePotteryNeolithic (PPN).

They actually *did* use vessels. Just other vessels.

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Personally, I find this particularly interesting due to my own work and research regarding #PrePotteryNeolithic burial practices in the #Levant and #Mesopotamia - which also seem to have produced some hints at remarkable #mortuary #ritual.