Senpukuji Cave from the entrance
Senpukuji Cave
Pottery found from Senpukuji cave dating about 12000 years ago

Senpukuji Cave is a significant paleolithic site located in Sasebo, Japan from the early incipient Jōmon period.[1] The site was anciently used seasonally to make microlithic tools. 2,153 tools have been found in one layer.[2] Pottery has been found that was created using a linear applique technique.[3] The antiquity of these ceramics dates to the final pleistocene.[4] It has been dated by Carbon-14 to be about 12000 years old.[1]

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References

  1. 1 2 Ryuzaburo TAKAHASHI, Takeji TOIZUMI and Yasushi KOJO "Archaeological Studies of Japan: Current Studies of the Jomon Archaeology", page 51, 62
  2. ↑ E.A. Solovyeva and Y. Murakami, "Archaeology, Ethnology and Anthropology of Eurasia" 48/3 (2020) 43–49
  3. ↑ Imamura, K. (2016). Prehistoric Japan: New Perspectives On Insular East Asia. United Kingdom: Taylor & Francis. Page 51
  4. ↑ Hiroshi Kajiwara and Aleksei V. Kononenko, "THE ORIGIN OF EARLY POTTERY IN NORTHEAST ASIA IN THE CONTEXT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE" page 64

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