可以毫不夸张地说,陶器是人类史前社会最重要的发明之一,因为器皿从一开始就是人类所需要的东西。即便今天,世界上依然有一些后进民族没有泥器或陶器,例如:安达曼岛人,一部分的澳洲土人、毛利人、巴他俄拿人、波里尼西亚人等都没有陶器,但他们所用以替代陶器的东西很多,安达曼岛人用贝壳或竹为器皿,澳洲土人以兽皮及树皮为器皿,毛利人用葫芦、塔希提人有磨光的木碟,甚至用大的蛋壳和动物的胃作为水瓶,布须曼妇女常用网装驼鸟蛋壳盛水,她们还用各种动物皮来作为器皿,小到蜥蜴的皮,大至山 It is no exaggeration to say that pottery was one of the most important inventions of the human prehistoric society because the vessel was from the very beginning what humankind needed. Even today there are still some backward peoples in the world without clay or pottery. For example, Andaman people, some native Australians, Maori, Basantans and Polynesians have no pottery, but they There are many things that are used to replace pottery. Andaman people use shells or bamboo as containers. Australian natives use animal skins and bark as containers, Maori gourd, Tahitian polished wood dishes, and even large Eggshell and animal stomach as a water bottle, Bushman women commonly used ostrich eggshell filled with water, they also use a variety of animal skin as a vessel, as small as the lizard’s skin, as large as the mountain