Teppei Ono is a celebrated Japanese contemporary ceramic artist whose practice is a powerful dialogue between raw, untamed energy and the quiet resilience of everyday life. Born in 1958, his path ...
It's long been assumed the Jomon people, who had inhabited the Japanese archipelago since around 16,000 years ago, had multiple lineages resulting from different migration routes. But new genetic ...
It’s long been assumed the Jomon people, who had inhabited the Japanese archipelago since around 16,000 years ago, had multiple lineages resulting from different migration routes. But, new genetic ...
A nearly complete pottery vessel estimated to be over 10,000 years old has been recovered from the bottom of Lake Biwako, Japan, marking the oldest artifact found at the site to date, the Shiga ...
A few years ago, 17 Jomon archeological sites in Japan’s four northernmost prefectures received UNESCO World Heritage designation, sparking fresh interest in Japan’s ancient Jomon heritage. Jomon is ...
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The Jōmon are a group of salmon-oriented peoples who lived similar lifestyles to the Coast Salish until rice farming was introduced to the Japanese archipelago. A University of Victoria professor has ...
Four twisted threads converge at a single knot, forming a continuous structure indicative of a 'net product.' Credit: Hiroki Obata/Kumamoto University For the first time, archaeologists have digitally ...
In a groundbreaking archaeological achievement, researchers from Kumamoto University have successfully reconstructed the structure of prehistoric fishing nets from the Jomon period (ca. 14,000–900 BCE ...
X-ray computed tomography (CT) was used to examine and digitally reconstruct net impressions preserved in pottery from the Hidaka region of Hokkaido, Japan, dating to the Early Jomon period (referred ...
In an archaeological achievement, researchers from Kumamoto University have successfully reconstructed the structure of prehistoric fishing nets from the Jomon period (ca. 14,000–900 BCE) by analyzing ...