Japanese Paleolithic
Period of human inhabitation in Japan predating the development of pottery / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Japanese Paleolithic period (旧石器時代, kyūsekki jidai) is the period of human inhabitation in Japan predating the development of pottery, generally before 10,000 BC.[1] The starting dates commonly given to this period are from around 40,000 BC;[2] although any date of human presence before 35,000 BC is controversial, with artifacts supporting a pre-35,000 BC human presence on the archipelago being of questionable authenticity.[3] The period extended to the beginning of the Mesolithic Jōmon period, or around 14,000 BC.[4]
Japanese Paleolithic period | |||
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35,000 BCE – 14,000 BCE | |||
Location | Japan | ||
Chronology
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The earliest human bones were discovered in the city of Hamamatsu in Shizuoka Prefecture, which were determined by radiocarbon dating to date to around 18,000–14,000 years ago.