Jomon occupations

Incipient, Initial, Early, Middle, Late, and Final.) Two Early Jomon occupations are represented one between 4450 and 4000 b.c. and another between 3690 and 3190 b.c. The majority of features and artifacts date from these periods. The site was probably not continuously inhabited but was reoccupied at regular intervals. A limited Late Jomon component should date to around 1500-1000 b.c. 

Table I. Volcanic Episodes During Jomon Occupations ...

Eight ceramic samples from the Early Jomon occupations at Yagi were also analyzed as part of a continuing project involving both miner-alogical and chemical analysis (30). Basal units at Yagi appeared to have adequate amounts of clay to manufacture pottery, and hence may have... 

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