That may exolain the presence of Joman 'type' pottery at the Olmec site.
"If memory serves me correctly, and it frequently doesn't, the age of the USA pottery would be about 4000 years or more recent than the Thailand site and far more recent than the Japanese site."
"Where does the oldest pottery in the world come from?
No, not from the Near East, nor indeed from the Middle East. It comes from Japan.
It has long been known that the Jomon pottery of Japan goes back a very long way. (Jomon means Twisted cord, so this is the pottery made with twisted cord decoration.
Recently however pottery has been found that dates back to 13,000 years ago, which, if you use the latest radiocarbon calibration, gives a date of 16,000 years ago. (or 14,000 BC).
thanks
very interesting
I really enjoy reading about this type of findings/discoverires