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Pit–Comb Ware culture
Extracted from the Wikipedia article Comb Ceramic culture.
Ceramics
The Pit–Comb Ware culture is one of the few exceptions to the rule that pottery and farming coexist in Europe. In the Near East farming appeared before pottery, then when farming spread into Europe from the Near East, pottery-making came with it. However, in Asia, where the oldest pottery has been found, pottery was made long before farming. It appears that the Comb Ceramic Culture reflects influences from Siberia and northern East Asia (see Xinglongwa culture and Jeulmun pottery period for comb-patterned pottery in China and Korea, respectively).