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  2. Jōmon people - Wikipedia

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    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]

  3. Jōmon period - Wikipedia

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    The relationship of Jōmon people to the modern Japanese (Yamato people), Ryukyuans, and Ainu is not clear. Morphological studies of dental variation and genetic studies suggest that the Jōmon people were rather diverse, and mitochondrial DNA studies indicate the Jōmon people were closely related to modern-day East Asians.

  4. Jōmon Prehistoric Sites in Northern Japan - Wikipedia

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    The Jōmon period lasted more than 10,000 years, representing "sedentary pre-agricultural lifeways and a complex spiritual culture of prehistoric people". [2] It was first placed on the World Heritage Tentative List in 2009. [3]

  5. Jōmon pottery - Wikipedia

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    Incipient Jomon rope pottery 10000–8000 BCE [citation needed] Middle Jomon Period rope pottery 5000–4000 BCE Jomon vessel 3000–2000 BCE, Flame-style Pottery [de; ja; pl] (Flamboyant Ceramic, Kaen-doki) 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.

  6. Sannai-Maruyama Site - Wikipedia

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    The Sannai-Maruyama Site (三内丸山遺跡, Sannai-Maruyama iseki) is an archaeological site and museum located in the Maruyama and Yasuta neighborhoods to the southwest of central Aomori in Aomori Prefecture in northern Japan, containing the ruins of a very large Jōmon period settlement.

  7. Ethnic groups of Japan - Wikipedia

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    The statistics also do not take into account minority groups who are Japanese citizens such as the Ainu (an aboriginal people primarily living in Hokkaido), the Ryukyuans (from the Ryukyu Islands south of mainland Japan), naturalized citizens from backgrounds including but not limited to Korean and Chinese, and citizen descendants of immigrants ...

  8. Category:People of Jōmon-period Japan - Wikipedia

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    Japanese people who lived during the Jōmon period in Japan. Pages in category "People of Jōmon-period Japan" The following 9 pages are in this category, out of 9 total.

  9. Dogū - Wikipedia

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    Dogū, Ebisuda site in Tajiri, Miyagi Prefecture, 1000–400 BC.. 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.