What shell mounds tell us about the Jomon diet and way of life
Shell mounds are basically ancient kitchen dumps but they are sexy icons for the whole field of Japanese archaeology. The
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2. AMAZING JOMON JAPAN
The earliest Jomon developed and used pottery for fishing salmon and molluscs 15,500 years ago
Today, I begin a series on the Jomon Village of the Tama Hills (which I have visited probably over 10
Read moreWhat maize weevils from ancient Jomon pottery reveal
Researchers from Kumamoto University have studied nationwide maize weevil impressions, including impressions from 10,000 year-old pottery, from the southern Japanese
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