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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.
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Bronze epitaph plate for Ono no Emishi (金銅小野毛人墓誌, kondō Ono no Emishi boshi) [nb 6] [80] [81] Bronze epitaph of Ono no Emishi (58.9 cm × 5.8 cm × 0.4 cm) with an inscription on both sides. Ono no Emishi was the son of Ono no Imoko and government official under Emperor Temmu. He died in 677.
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.
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In the Kagoshima region, the Satsuma volcanic ash layer, which erupted from Sakurajima and dates back about 11,500 years ago, is a key layer for determining the age of the period, and the layer directly below this layer shows the transition from the Paleolithic to the Early Jōmon period. Analysis of pollen found at ruins suggests that ...
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]