Kamado (stove) - Kamado

Japanese: かまど(竈) - かまど

A facility used for cooking food.
【China】
In the Neolithic period in China, food was cooked in three-legged vessels such as tripods and kettle pots, and round-bottomed vessels such as pots and kettles. The former are placed directly over a fire, so no hearth is required. The latter require legs to support the base or a hearth to hang the body on. The clay legs of the Cishan culture, which belonged to an early field-farming culture, are an ancient example, and support flat-bottomed cylindrical vessels. The Hemudu culture (Hemudu Site), which belonged to an early rice-farming culture, has rimmed kettles or steamers, which suggests the presence of a hearth.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

食物の煮炊きに用いる施設。
【中国】
　中国の新石器時代では，鼎（てい）･鬲（れき）など3本足のついた器と，鍋･釜など丸底の器とを用いて煮炊きした。前者は直接火にかけるので，かまどは不用である。後者は底を支える支脚ないしは胴部をかけるかまどを必要とする。初期の畑作農耕文化に属する磁山文化の土製支脚は古い例で，平底円筒形の器を支えている。初期稲作農耕文化に属する河姆渡（かぼと）文化(河姆渡遺跡)には，鍔付き釜あるいは甑（こしき）があり，かまどの存在が予想できる。

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