Somali pottery traditions

[Zak12]

When did Somali pottery began? I also found this image that claims that Somali pottery was only practiced in the coast and was imported by Arabs

 

[The alchemist]

No. Pottery has existed since we came to the region. There is archaeology of local pottery made. But since the north started to import high-grade luxury pottery from all the large empires, it was not needed to produce domestic ones (in some sites), at least to a high grade, though in manny sites in medieval times, the majority were domestic-made low-grade pottery. Ceramics was a practice that came with the early people from the Nile Valley. And from there, we descend from the people that had pottery the earliest on the continent. So no. We actually used pottery before West Asians, entierly. Although China used pottery much earlier. That was a regional isolated development deep into the Paleolithic.

Pottery was also shown with the early Somalis in Buur Heybe, overlapping with the presence of Somali pastoralists. This is around somewhere earlier than 2000 years ago. The practice is still done by the people who live in the southern region, which gives you an idea of how Somalis made them:

The Potters of Buur Heybe, Somalia

An educational video about ethnoarchaeological studies of pottery making in Buur Heybe from 1989.

www.somalispot.com

Your source is lying if it said what you claimed. Much local pottery was found inland. This is archeologically substantiated. In fact, I think it was the coastal regions that had most imported wares used relative to locally made material, although hinterland sites also had variably imported pottery that ranged from low to high. With some sites having low local and high foreign, and vice versa. That is what I roughly recall from reading the archaeology. Though in all sites, foreign items were common, irrespective of whether pottery was made endemically or not.

 

[balanbalis]

I found this blog that talks about foreign pottery as well as native pottery in the northern regions (SL) https://medievallandscapes.wordpress.com/the-material-culture/

 

[Xareen]

No. Pottery has existed since we came to the region. There is archaeology of local pottery made. But since the north started to import high-grade luxury pottery from all the large empires, it was not needed to produce domestic ones (in some sites), at least to a high grade, though in manny sites in medieval times, the majority were domestic-made low-grade pottery. Ceramics was a practice that came with the early people from the Nile Valley. And from there, we descend from the people that had pottery the earliest on the continent. So no. We actually used pottery before West Asians, entierly. Although China used pottery much earlier. That was a regional isolated development deep into the Paleolithic.

Pottery was also shown with the early Somalis in Buur Heybe, overlapping with the presence of Somali pastoralists. This is around somewhere earlier than 2000 years ago. The practice is still done by the people who live in the southern region, which gives you an idea of how Somalis made them:

The Potters of Buur Heybe, Somalia

An educational video about ethnoarchaeological studies of pottery making in Buur Heybe from 1989.

www.somalispot.com

Your source is lying if it said what you claimed. Much local pottery was found inland. This is archeologically substantiated. In fact, I think it was the coastal regions that had most imported wares used relative to locally made material, although hinterland sites also had variably imported pottery that ranged from low to high. With some sites having low local and high foreign, and vice versa. That is what I roughly recall from reading the archaeology. Though in all sites, foreign items were common, irrespective of whether pottery was made endemically or not.

Any idea what pottery style ours is most similar to?

 

[balanbalis]

Somali pottery is very round with minimal geometric or circular patterns, and usually no handles

There’s also the dabqaad though, which has a single handle usually

https://x.com/BeeshaMadhiban/status/1776360617328202067

 

[Shimbiris]

No. Pottery has existed since we came to the region. There is archaeology of local pottery made. But since the north started to import high-grade luxury pottery from all the large empires, it was not needed to produce domestic ones (in some sites), at least to a high grade, though in manny sites in medieval times, the majority were domestic-made low-grade pottery. Ceramics was a practice that came with the early people from the Nile Valley. And from there, we descend from the people that had pottery the earliest on the continent. So no. We actually used pottery before West Asians, entierly. Although China used pottery much earlier. That was a regional isolated development deep into the Paleolithic.

Pottery was also shown with the early Somalis in Buur Heybe, overlapping with the presence of Somali pastoralists. This is around somewhere earlier than 2000 years ago. The practice is still done by the people who live in the southern region, which gives you an idea of how Somalis made them:

The Potters of Buur Heybe, Somalia

An educational video about ethnoarchaeological studies of pottery making in Buur Heybe from 1989.

www.somalispot.com

Your source is lying if it said what you claimed. Much local pottery was found inland. This is archeologically substantiated. In fact, I think it was the coastal regions that had most imported wares used relative to locally made material, although hinterland sites also had variably imported pottery that ranged from low to high. With some sites having low local and high foreign, and vice versa. That is what I roughly recall from reading the archaeology. Though in all sites, foreign items were common, irrespective of whether pottery was made endemically or not.

We originally come from the area in the Old World, East of China, with the oldest known pottery tradition:

Anthromadness: Early pottery and it's history in Northeast Africa https://share.google/hg3JK1Q8vbXil7qeB

Arabs kulaha.