A History of the World in 100 Objects

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Director of the British Museum, Neil MacGregor, retells humanity's history through objects

Director of the British Museum, Neil MacGregor, narrates 100 programmes that retell humanity's history through the objects we have made.

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A History of the World in 100 Objects: After the Ice Age: Food and Sex (9000 - 3500 BC): Jomon Pot

Jomon Pot

After the Ice Age: Food and Sex (9000 - 3500 BC)

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Neil MacGregor tells the story of a 7,000-year-old Japanese pot and a forgotten people

The early history of cooking and life in Japan told through a 7,000-year-old pot. Neil MacGregor examines a rare example of Jomon pottery and tells the story of a remarkable people

A History of the World told through 100 objects from the British Museum moves to Japan and the story of a 7,000-year-old clay pot which has managed to remain almost perfectly intact. Pots began in Japan around 17000 years ago and, by the time this pot was made, had achieved a remarkable sophistication. 

Neil MacGregor, Director of the British Museum, explores the history of this cooking pot and the Jomon; the hunter-gatherer society that made it. The archaeologists Professor Takashi Doi and Simon Kaner describe the significance of agriculture to the Jomon and the way in which they made their pots and used decorations from the natural world around them. This particular pot is remarkable in that it was lined with gold leaf in perhaps the 18th century and used in that quintessentially Japanese ritual, the tea ceremony. This simple clay object makes a fascinating connection between the Japan of today and the emerging world of people in Japan at the end of the Ice Age

A History of the World in 100 Objects: After the Ice Age: Food and Sex (9000 - 3500 BC)

Intelligent speech, the most insightful journalism, the wittiest comedy, the most fascinating features and the most compelling drama and readings anywhere in UK radio.

Why did farming start at the end of the Ice Age? Clues remain in objects left behind

Neil MacGregor's story takes him to the end of the Ice Age, as the first farmers created objects to consume new foods, venerate new gods and even take a new look at sex

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