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Cord-marked”;earliest known neolithic
hunter-gatherer culture of Japan Derived from ceramic wares of the period
decorated with marks made by impressing rope or cord into wet clay. |
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| First agricultural-based culture of derived from the district of Tokyo where the first archaeological finds were found. |
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| Bronze bells from early Japan. |
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| “ancient tomb” or “ancient mound”; a large keyhole-shaped mound containing a burial chamber and decorated with clay cylinder sculptures. |
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| clay figures placed on the surface of a Kofun burial mound |
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A geometric pattern of curves and intersecting lines used to decorate
haniwa and bronze objects. |
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