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The World’s First Pottery Created in Jomon, Japan
Pottery was invented by the Incipient Jomon Culture of ancient Japan before 16,000 B.C. The craft of making objects from fire hardened clay created a paradigm shift in culture after which history could never be the same. With pottery vessels, the options for food preparation and storage increased dramatically. Furthermore, a new medium was present upon which both the mundane and sacred would soon be recorded.
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Friday, February 13, 2009
On warm, summer nights, kids might ask their parents to let them set up a tent so they can sleep under the stars. If they get too cold, or feel that the ground is too hard, they'll just find their way back to their comfy beds. But this is not the case with the industrious 14-year-old Shogo Kasai; he built his very own Jomon period Japanese pit house - similar to the one above - out of bamboo and rice straw, and intends to live in it for a few weeks at a time!
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Tuesday, June 9, 2009
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