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Jomon culture(c. 7500–c. 250 BC) Mesolithic culture characterized by pottery decorated with cord patterns (jomon). Jomon artifacts have been found from Hokkaido to the Ryukyu Islands. The Jomon people lived in sunken pit dwellings and subsisted primarily by hunting, fishing, and gathering. They used chipped-stone and later polished-stone tools and made clothing of bark. Though their pottery was technically primitive, it demonstrated diverse forms and imaginative designs and decorations. Many contemporary Ainu believe themselves to be descended from the Jomon people. See also Yayoi culture. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Clay vessels from the Jomon culture in Japan have been dated to around 10,500 BC. The subsistence of most Jomon cultures was heretofore thought to have been based solely on seasonal foraging, not on agriculture or husbandry, although some small-scale rice-growing did develop as the era drew to a close. Through an exhaustive examination of archaeological findings such as pottery, tools, dwellings, weapons, pit-traps and human remains from Jomon sites, Keiji Imamura untangles a puzzle of the Jomon culture that spread over the whole territory of present-day Japan, in comparison with Yayoi culture that reached neither Okinawa nor Hokkaido. |
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