Neolithic Pot, from China, ca. 2600–2300 B.C.E. This two-handled pot, made of bakedlithic agricultural communities produced a wide array of storage containers for keepi ceramics in the Yellow River Valley, is painted in a swirling red and black geometric design. Neolithic agricultural communities produced a wide array of storage containers for keeping food and other commodities from one season to the next. (Museum purchase, Fowler McCormack, Class of 1921. Fund. y1979-94. Photo: Bruce M. White/Princeton University Art Museum/Art Resource, NY)