Jomon pottery

Japanese: 縄文土器 - じょうもんどき

Stone-age pottery distributed from Hokkaido to islands south of Kyushu. It is named for the many rope patterns, but in the Meiji and Taisho periods it was called shell mound pottery or stone-age pottery. It is dark brown or brown in color, and the patterns include rope patterns, sunken lines, and stamped patterns. The main method of production is the ring-piling method, in which clay bands are piled up in a ring, but early pottery is made by rolling up thin clay. The vessels are basically divided into deep bowls and shallow bowls, but there are also incense burner-shaped pottery, double-mouthed pottery, and spouted pottery. Jomon pottery is divided into six periods: incipient, early, early, middle, late, and late, as the style varies depending on the era and region, and is also broadly divided into eastern and western Japan, with further fine regional differences. The oldest pottery is thought to be more than 10,000 years old. The technique of applying rope patterns is also seen in Yayoi pottery in eastern Japan. →Jomon period → Related topics Kamegaoka ruins｜Higashisendo ruins｜Yayoi pottery

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Japanese:

北海道〜九州南方の諸島に分布する石器時代の土器。縄目(なわめ)文の多いことからこの名があるが，明治・大正期には貝塚土器，石器時代土器などと呼ばれた。黒褐色，茶褐色を呈し，文様には，縄目文のほか，沈線文，押型文などがある。製法は，粘土帯を輪にして積み上げる輪積法が主だが，早いころのものには細長い粘土を巻き上げる巻上法が用いられている。器形は基本的に深鉢形と浅鉢形に分けられるが，ほかに香炉形土器，双口土器，注口土器などがある。縄文土器は年代，地域によって様式が異なるため，草創・早・前・中・後・晩期に６区分され，また，大きく東日本と西日本の両地域に分けられ，さらに細かな地域差がある。最も古い土器は１万年以上前の年代が想定されている。縄文を施す手法は東日本の弥生土器にもみられる。→縄文時代
→関連項目亀ヶ岡遺跡｜東三洞遺跡｜弥生土器

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