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Sherds have been found in China and Japan from a period between 12,000 and perhaps as long as 18,000 years ago. [5] [74] As of 2012, the earliest pottery vessels found anywhere in the world, [75] dating to 20,000 to 19,000 years before the present, was found at Xianren Cave in the Jiangxi province of China. [76] [77]
POTS was the standard service offering from telephone companies in the United States from 1876 until 1988, [2] when the Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN) Basic Rate Interface (BRI) was introduced, followed by the development of cellular telephone systems and voice over internet protocol (VoIP).
Postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS) is a condition characterized by an abnormally large increase in heart rate upon sitting up or standing. [1] POTS is a disorder of the autonomic nervous system that can lead to a variety of symptoms, [10] including lightheadedness, brain fog, blurred vision, weakness, fatigue, headaches, heart palpitations, exercise intolerance, nausea ...
All ll of the elaborately decorated vessels, as well as most others, show that the vessels would typically be used to cook food due to the residue and soot found on the pots. [8] Later Jōmon pottery pieces are more elaborate, especially during the Middle Jōmon period, where the rims of pots became much more complex and decorated. [4]
Discovered in 1966, the site first attracted interest due to its ancient red-painted pottery. More recently, it gained international attention in 2008 when the United States Department of Justice , following an undercover investigation begun in 2003, raided several museums for their role in trafficking in Ban Chiang antiquities.
Peat pots and paper pots are also being used, [11] [12] and have the advantage of facilitating transplanting [13] as they do not need to be pulled out of a container for planting purposes (rather, the whole of container and plant is directly planted). Also, for sale purposes, there is no need to recover the container as it is biodegradable and ...
.pot, file extension for Microsoft PowerPoint template files; Pot, a ceramic insulator supporting an electric conductor rail to provide electric traction power to trains; Potentiometer, a variable resistor, informally known as a "pot" or "trim pot" POT, acronym for 'plain old telephone', a traditional phone as in plain old telephone service
1938 – The process for making poly-tetrafluoroethylene, better known as Teflon discovered by Roy Plunkett 1939 – Dislocations in metals confirmed by Robert W. Cahn 1947 – First germanium point-contact transistor invented