Cylindrical pottery culture

Japanese: 円筒土器文化 - えんとうどきぶんか
Cylindrical pottery culture

...Production began in the middle of the Jomon period, peaked at the end of the middle to beginning of the late period, and then declined. They are distributed mainly in Aomori Prefecture, from southwestern Hokkaido to Yamagata and Miyagi Prefectures, which corresponds to the area of ​​the cylindrical pottery culture that flourished in the early and middle Jomon periods, although the period differs. It is rare for multiple pottery pieces to be excavated from a site, and only around 60 examples have been discovered, so it is thought that they were not used for practical purposes but for rituals for the entire village.

*Some of the terminology used in reference to the "cylindrical pottery culture" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…縄文時代中期に製作が始まり,中期末から後期初頭が最盛期で,以後衰退する。分布は青森県を中心に,北海道南西部から山形・宮城県までで,時期は異なるものの前・中期に栄えた円筒土器文化圏の範囲と一致する。遺跡から複数出土することはまれであり,発見例も60余例と少なく,実用品ではなく集落全体の祭祀に用いたと考えられている。…

※「円筒土器文化」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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