[SunkenCiv]

These are Neolithic Corded ware pottery recovered in Southern Finland. [Credit: Elisabeth Holmqvist-Sipilä]

[Rashputin]

So pottery is the second oldest profession?

[Terry Mross]

The Corded Ware? Could this be where the name Corning Ware came from?

I feel I need to point out that I’m joking.

[moovova]

Evidence that women broke the ceramic ceiling very early in history.

[null and void]

"Corded Ware pottery was very different from earlier Stone Age pottery. It represented a new technology and style, and as a new innovation, used crushed ceramics -- or broken pottery -- mixed in with the clay."

Isn't that the ultimate crack-pot theory?

[redfreedom]

So it’s an absolute proven scientific fact that women were the only ones doing this? Children (young boys) and men never ever once even thought of thought of getting into pottery.

I don’t have time to worry about such things, as global warming is causing our lake to rise. Gotta go work on sand bags.

[Phil DiBasquette]

Hairy potters were popular eons ago

[wildbill]

traveling potters? Man, that had to be a hard way to earn a living since the secret of pot making would be easy to steal at each new location, eh?

Note: Prostitutes invariably have water containers such as pots and bowls to wash up. Perhaps the pottery finds are related to the oldest professionals trips to other areas where they could ply their trade.