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This links to a jpg of the Bronocice pot. It has a wagon incised into
it. This is apparently one of the very earliest depictions of a wheeled
vehicle extant anywhere. This is from the TRB (
Trichterbecher,
Funnel-necked Beaker, or just plain "Funnel Beaker") culture. There is
a drawing of this pot in the
Encyclopedia of Indo-European
Culture
(under 'Wagon'), but the color jpg has more presence. The wagon is quite
visible just to the right of the center of the pot as shown in the
picture.
Does anyone know the date for this pot? It's obviously ante-2700 BCE
or so, but how much further back? To 4500?
http://www.arc
heo.pan.krakow.pl/Bronoc3.jpg
This is from the site of the Cracow branch of the Polish Academy of
Sciences. The page on which the picture appears is here:
http://www.arc
heo.pan.krakow.pl/STUDIES.htm
Mark Odegard.
PS. Yes! I find this pot stunnning!