Natsushima

An initial Jomon period shell midden near Tokyo, Japan. Dated to c.7500–7300 bc the main occupation layer included deep conical bowls with cord-mark decoration, the bones of domestic dogs, bone and stone arrowheads, grinding stones, partially ground pebble axes, bone fish-hooks, and eyed needles.

[Rep.: S. Sugihara, 1957, Kanagawa-ken Natsushima ni okeru Jomon bunka shoto no kaizuka. Tokyo: Meiji Daigaku Bungaku Kenkyujo]