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Life in the Jomon period
Thank you, Shota.
Since the Jomon people left no written records,/researchers have been trying/to make a guess about them/based on excavations throughout Japan.
One of the most important excavations began in 1992/at the Sannai-Maruyama site in Aomori.
Researchers found six huge holes in the ground/with the remains of wooden pillars (cf. photo 4). They were the base for some large structure (cf. photo 5). The researchers also found evidence of another huge wooden structure. Probably hundreds of families lived in this village.
We know/that people first arrived there/5,900 years ago. Before that,/they had been moving from one place to another,/but then some of them/chose to live there permanently. They hunted animals,/fished in rivers or in the sea,/and picked berries and mushrooms. They lived in pit houses/and knew how to cook in earthen pots. The Jomon people loved to decorate themselves with jewelry/made of bone, stone, and shell.
This village had lasted for 1,000 years/before it disappeared,/perhaps due to climate change. Now,/lots of people are coming back to this site,/not to live there, of course,/but as tourists.
Now,/Takuya will tell us more about dogu.
Thank you, Shota.
Since the Jomon people left no written records,/researchers have been trying/to make a guess about them/based on excavations throughout Japan.
One of the most important excavations began in 1992/at the Sannai-Maruyama site in Aomori.
Researchers found six huge holes in the ground/with the remains of wooden pillars (cf. photo 4). They were the base for some large structure (cf. photo 5). The researchers also found evidence of another huge wooden structure. Probably hundreds of families lived in this village.
We know/that people first arrived there/5,900 years ago. Before that,/they had been moving from one place to another,/but then some of them/chose to live there permanently. They hunted animals,/fished in rivers or in the sea,/and picked berries and mushrooms. They lived in pit houses/and knew how to cook in earthen pots. The Jomon people loved to decorate themselves with jewelry/made of bone, stone, and shell.
This village had lasted for 1,000 years/before it disappeared,/perhaps due to climate change. Now,/lots of people are coming back to this site,/not to live there, of course,/but as tourists.
Now,/Takuya will tell us more about dogu.