When and where did people start using a wheel to make pots?

Question

I know coil and slab techniques are the oldest (and still used) but about what time in human history did potter start "throwing" on a wheel?

Answer 1

I believe it would have actually been after the developement cities. Not necessarily of large empires or civilizations. As cities developed the wheel had of course been developed as a way of moving trade goods faster. And grindstones had been developed in some places to grind grain. Someone probably turned a grindstone sideways and made pottery on it.

Answer 2

I think it was in the time when most ancieent civilizations like the sumerian, the Mesopotamian and the Indus Valley Civilization flourished. In India this method is still used.

Answer 3

the egyptians used themit must have been before christ's time as he drank from a cup that had wine in it froma bottle or jar

Answer 4

in all those places where the civilisation started early like India,China,Egypt,Sumeria etc.

Answer 5

i feel india, its been written in purans that the technique was much earlier in india.