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How did the need for storing food result in the development of Neolithic pottery?

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As ,the sedentary cultivation took place along with the sedentary communities in the Neolithic era ,a rapid acceleration also took place in technology and social change.Neolithic era is marked with the surge in invention which was a turning point in the human history,seasonal harvest led to improved technologies for food storage.At,first baskets and leather containers were used for food storage but the need of pottery was felt because they stored products better from air and moisture.

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