Accession No
1935.226 A-C
Description
Three sherds, possibly from the same vessel. One upright rim and two body sherds; all decorated with multi-directional impressed cord patterns; rim shared has an applied vertical line; brown to black grit-tempered fabric. Surface appears black and burnt.
Place
Asia; East Asia; Japan; Saitama Province; Saitama; Kuroya
Period
Early Jomon, Early Phase
Source
Seligman, Charles Gabriel (Professor) [donor]; Oyama, Kashiwa (Prince) [excavator]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
1935.226 A-C; 1 [Oyama list]; 2 [Oyama list]; 3 [Oyama list]
Cultural Affliation
Material
Ceramic; Pottery
Local Term
Measurements
Events
Context (Display)
Typed display label for 1935.226 A-D: 'Stone Age sherds from shell-mounds. / Earliest type from the neighbourhood of TOKIO.'
Event Date
Author: Katrina Dring
Context (Analysis)
Old box lid: 'Prof. Kobatashi says: Early Jomon, Early Phase (typical fiber temper, cord impressions "bird feather" character when wet)'.
Event Date
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)
Context (Field collection)
From the Shell mound at Kuroya, Prov: of Saitama. Excavated by Kashiwa Oyama, Ohyama Prehistoric Institute. See list in archive (BR3/1/1).
Event Date
Author: maa
Context (Analysis)
Catalogue card: 'Described as the oldest group from [area] of Tokio' [Tokyo]
Event Date 1935
Author: Katrina Dring
Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card for 1935.226 A-D: 'Four sherds'
Event Date 1935
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
Three sherds, possibly from the same vessel. One upright rim and two body sherds; all decorated with multi-directional impressed cord patterns; rim shared has an applied vertical line; brown to black grit-tempered fabric. Surface appears black and burnt.
Event Date 25/10/2023
Author: Katrina Dring
FM:65470
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