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Ancient wildfires in the Levant may have inspired Neolithic pottery-making, Israeli study suggests

by | Oct 25, 2026 | JPost | 0 comments

A Yarmukian juglet found in a cave in Samaria. (photo credit: Boaz Zissu et al., 2014, HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM)
Pottery appeared in the region during roughly the same broad period in which fires, erosion and clay deposition reached their peak.