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A Jomon vase, Japan. Jomon Period, 4000-3000 BCE. (Tokyo National Museum)

This is a headless dogu. Earthenware figures (dogu) were important in the Jomon period and as many as 1000 have been found at some sites. Some seem to represent imaginary animals but most are human in shape. Are they females, or without a...

A Jomon stone figurine or gangu. Komukai, Nanbu-cho, Aomori, Japan. Jomon Period, 1000-400 BCE. (Tokyo National Musuem)

A Jomon incised vase. Jomon Period, 1000-400 BCE, Japan. (Tokyo National Museum)

Group of polished stone tools from the Jomon Period.

A terracotta cup decorated with spirals. Jomon Period, 1000-400 BCE, Japan. (Musée Guimet, Paris)

This stone ritual object comes from Japan and dates to the Jomon period, between 3000-400 BCE. (Tokyo National Museum)

This Jomon clay pot was found in Japan (5000 BCE). It was lacquered on the inside with gold in the 1800's when it became a water jar at Japanese tea gatherings. This image was taken at the National Museum of Australia in the travelling...

Deep pot (32 cm high) with impressed decoration from the Middle Jomon Period.

The Yayoi Period is one of the oldest historical periods of Japan spanning from c. 300 BCE to c. 250 CE, preceded by the Jomon Period and followed by the Kofun Period. The name Yayoi comes from the district in Tokyo where the first artifacts...