With the increase in food production, the need for storage has been created. In the Neolithic there was a great development of ceramic art. Pots and jars were shaped and cooked in the fire. According to archaeologists, the first ceramic objects were manufactured about 8,500 years ago.
Chinese Late Neolithic ceramics feature a variety of delicate, burnished, ceremonial vessels, illustrating the "Painted Pottery" culture of the period. They included highly polished bowls of red pottery, with black dots, spirals and flowing lines.</span>
The title is, “Valley of Shadow of Death.” These images were controversial because Fenton took another, lesser seen image of the same scene, with no cannonballs on top of the road.