Pottery is the most abundant of ancient remains, and early pottery bears the information on its production and the living conditions of our ancestors. This study is based on previous research on Chinese pottery by the Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the Jingdezhen Ceramics Institute and other institutions. With the support of the National Natural Science Foundation of China, archaeological reports on early pottery excavated from South China, such as the Zen Pi Yan site in Guangxi province, the ten - thousand year old fairys cave site in Jiangxi province, the Pu River Shangshan site in Zhejiang province, etc. were selected for the characteristics of early pottery production processes, e. g. , selection and processing of ceramic materials, pottery molding methods and firing processes. The study was aimed at gaining an incisive, broader and more objective view of the development of early pottery in different cultural regions of Southern China.