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The Japanese Paleolithic period (旧石器時代, kyūsekki jidai) is the period of human inhabitation in Japan predating the development of pottery, generally before 10,000 BC. [1] The starting dates commonly given to this period are from around 40,000 BC, [ 2 ] with recent authors suggesting that there is good evidence for habitation from c ...
The Yokomine Site is the first Paleolithic site discovered on Tanegashima. During excavations in 1992, and traces of human habitation from the Paleolithic through the Jōmon period was discovered, including the oldest cooking site remains yet found in Japan, in the soil layer dating back approximately 30,000 years per radiocarbon dating.
The Fukui Cave (福井洞窟, Fukui dōkutsu) is an archaeological site consisting of a Japanese Paleolithic period to the early incipient Jōmon period cave dwelling in the Yoshii neighborhood of the city of Sasebo, Nagasaki Prefecture on the island of Kyushu, Japan. The site was designated a National Historic Site of Japan in 1978. [1]
Download as PDF; Printable version ... Paleolithic: 35,000–14,000 BC: Jōmon: 14,000–1000 BC ... 300 AD) is a period in Japanese history that started in the late ...
Download as PDF; Printable version ... The Jōmon period of prehistoric Japan spans from roughly ... is the last division of classical Japanese history, running from ...
The materials are housed in museums (32), temples (9), shrines (8) and a university (1) in 27 cities of Japan. The Tokyo National Museum houses the greatest number of archaeological national treasures, with 7 of the 50. [3] The Japanese Paleolithic marks the beginning of human habitation in Japan. [4]
The Moro Heritage Site (茂呂遺跡, Moro iseki), shown on some maps as Moro Heritage or Moro Archaeological Site, is an archaeological site where stone tools from the Paleolithic Age (between 3.3 million years ago and c. 11,650 cal BP) were found in Itabashi Ward, Tokyo, Japan.
The Tanamukaihara Site (田名向原遺跡, Tanamukaihara iseki) [tanamɯkaiçaɾa iseki] is an archaeological site with the ruins of a Japanese Paleolithic period settlement located in the Tanashioda neighborhood of Chūō-ku, Sagamihara, Kanagawa Prefecture in the southern Kantō region of Japan. It was designated a National Historic Site in ...