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context: ceramics > prehistory

a Late Jomon bottle

Late Jomon

From 2500-1000BC, the bizarre curlicues of the middle period fade away, and we start to see ceramic items that could reasonably be termed tableware.

backwards: middle jomon

forwards: terminal jomon