On a set of broken clay bowls from northern Mesopotamia, delicate flower patterns have turned out to be something far more radical than decoration. New analysis of this ancient art suggests that early ...

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This discovery, researchers noted, contributes to “ethnomathematics,” a field that explores mathematics through culture.

Halafian pottery shows that early agricultural societies practiced advanced mathematical thinking through plant-based art long before writing.

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The world's oldest known botanical art, from the Halafian culture of northern Mesopotamia around 6000 BCE, hides fascinating ...

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Over 8,000 years ago, early farming communities in northern Mesopotamia were already thinking mathematically—long before numbers were written down. By closely studying Halafian pottery, researchers ...

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