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 ...

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

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

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