First published in Great Britain 2009

Text © 2009 by Alice Roberts
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Maps © 2009 by Dave Stevens

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The quotation on page vii by D. J. Cohen taken from The Origins of Pottery and Agriculture by Yoshinori Yashuda is reprinted by permission of Roli Books. The quotations on pages 144, 149 and 334 from The Songlines by Bruce Chatwin, published by Jonathan Cape, are reprinted by permission of The Random House Group and Aitken Alexander Associates.

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