陶器的发明,在人类发展史上占有重要的地位。在陶器出现以前,人类使用的工具,木器也好,骨器也好,石器也好,都是自然界存在的材料经人加工而成的。陶器则不同,它是人类用自然界的土、砂和水搅拌以后,经人手捏、贴塑或盘筑成型后再火烧而成。陶器的功能是盛装或炊煮食物,有了陶器,人类才能将猎获的动物和采集的植物果实、块根煮熟而食,从而使人的脑容量增加,不断提高人类的智力。陶器的发明和农业、定居生活的出现也密切相关。正因为有 The invention of pottery occupies an important position in the history of human development. Before the advent of pottery, the tools used by mankind, wood, or bone, or stone, were all processed in nature. Pottery is different, it is human nature with the soil, sand and water after mixing, hand kneading, plastic or plate after the formation of fire and then formed. The function of pottery is to hold or cook food. With pottery, human beings can cook and feed the harvested animals and harvested plant fruits, thereby increasing the human brain capacity and continuously improving human’s intelligence. The invention of pottery and agriculture, the emergence of living is also closely related. Because of it