Ōdai Yamamoto I Site
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The Ōdai Yamamoto I Site (大平山元I遺跡, Ōdaiyamamoto ichi iseki) is a Jōmon archaeological site in the town of Sotogahama, Aomori Prefecture, in the Tōhoku region of northern Japan. Excavations in 1998 uncovered forty-six earthenware fragments which have been dated as early as 14,500 BC (ca 16,500 BP); this places them among the earliest pottery currently known.[1][2][3] As the earliest in Japan, this marks the transition from the Japanese Paleolithic to Incipient Jōmon.[4] Other pottery of a similar date has been found at Gasya and Khummi on the lower Amur River.[5] Such a date puts the development of pottery before the warming at the end of the Pleistocene.[4]
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大平山元I遺跡 | |
Location | Sotogahama, Aomori, Japan |
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Region | Tōhoku region |
Coordinates | 41°04′02″N 140°33′18″E |
Type | settlement |
History | |
Founded | Jōmon period |
Site notes | |
Discovered | 1998 |
Excavation dates | 1998 |
Public access | Yes (facilities are under construction at the site) |
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