Investigation of the Existence of Textile Materials as Pens from Painted Pottery

Abstract:

As soft materials, textile materials play important roles in primitive times. Through analysing the patterns in painted pottery, the article propose that the patterns can only be drawn by textile materials, so pens made of textile materials must have been existed in the New Stone Age. It can be deduced that there are two developmental stages of pens, the first is ‘the Old Pens’ stage, at which textile materials are directly used for drawing; the second is ‘the New Pens’ stage, at which textile materials and stick are bound together as pens. What’s more, New Pens predate the existence of painted pottery, as they are tools of drawing on painted pottery.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volume 703)
• Pages: 64-67
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.703.64
• Online since: December 2014
• Authors: Yuan Tao, Weidong Yu*
• Keywords: Painted Pottery, Pattern, Pens, Textile Materials

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