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The Jōmon pottery (縄文土器, Jōmon doki) is a type of ancient earthenware pottery which was made during the Jōmon period in Japan. The term "Jōmon" ( 縄文 ) means "rope-patterned" in Japanese, describing the patterns that are pressed into the clay.
The pottery style characteristic of the first phases of Jōmon culture was decorated by impressing cords into the surface of wet clay and is generally accepted to be among the oldest in the world. [5] The Jōmon period was rich in tools and jewelry made from bone, stone, shell and antler; pottery figurines and vessels; and lacquerware.
The style of pottery created by the Jōmon people is identifiable for its "cord-marked" patterns, hence the name "Jōmon" (縄文, "straw rope pattern").The pottery styles characteristic of the first phases of Jōmon culture used decoration created by impressing cords into the surface of wet clay, and are generally accepted to be among the oldest forms of pottery in East Asia and the world. [9]
The oldest examples of Jōmon pottery have flat bottoms, though pointed bottoms (meant to be held in small pits in the earth, like an amphora) became common later. [3] In the Middle Jōmon period (3000-2000 BCE), simple decorations made with cord or through scratching gave way to highly elaborate designs.
The Zoku-Jōmon period (続縄文時代) (c. 340 BC–700 AD), [1] also referred to as the Epi-Jōmon period, [2] is the time in Japanese prehistory that saw the flourishing of the Zoku-Jōmon culture, [3] a continuation of Jōmon culture in northern Tōhoku and Hokkaidō that corresponds with the Yayoi period and Kofun period elsewhere. [3]
Traces of bitumen on the cracked left leg indicate a historic repair, suggesting the object was highly valued by its Jōmon-period owner and in use for some time. [2] [4] [5] Many cruciform dogū with outstretched arms have been found in northeast Tōhoku, dating from the early- to mid-Jōmon period. In the first half of the late Jōmon period ...
Dogu (Japanese: 土偶, IPA:; literally "earthen figure") are small humanoid and animal figurines made during the later part of the Jōmon period (14,000–400 BC) of prehistoric Japan. [a] Dogū come exclusively from the Jōmon period, and were no longer made by the following Yayoi period.
Jōmon Prehistoric Sites in Northern Japan (北海道・北東北の縄文遺跡群) is a serial UNESCO World Heritage Site consisting of 17 Jōmon-period archaeological sites in Hokkaidō and northern Tōhoku, Japan. The Jōmon period lasted more than 10,000 years, representing "sedentary pre-agricultural lifeways and a complex spiritual ...