Jomon

[jaw-mawn]

Jo·mon

[jaw-mawn]
adjective
of or pertaining to the period of Japanese culture, c8000–300 b.c., corresponding to Mesolithic or early Neolithic, characterized by sunken-pit dwellings and heavy handmade pottery formed with a rope pattern of clay coils.

Origin:
< Japanese jōmon rope-pattern
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