Harpoon head Japan The J?mon period is the earliest period in Japanese history, lasting from roughly 14,000 to 300 BCE. The J?mon people were primarily hunter-gatherers, hunting land animals and gathering vegetables and nuts on the land as well as hunting and fishing at sea. Harpoon heads such as this one testify to the importance of seafood in the diets of some J?mon communities, especially those close to the sea. Fish bones found at J?mon archaeological sites indicate that the J?mon hunted fish not only close to the shore but also farther out in the open sea, where larger fish could be caugh


Harpoon head Japan The J?mon period is the earliest period in Japanese history, lasting from roughly 14,000 to 300 BCE. The J?mon people were primarily hunter-gatherers, hunting land animals and gathering vegetables and nuts on the land as well as hunting and fishing at sea. Harpoon heads such as this one testify to the importance of seafood in the diets of some J?mon communities, especially those close to the sea. Fish bones found at J?mon archaeological sites indicate that the J?mon hunted fish not only close to the shore but also farther out in the open sea, where larger fish could be caught. There is even evidence that the J?mon ate pufferfish, a poisonous fish considered a delicacy in modern Harpoon head. Japan. Bone. Final J?mon period (ca. 1000–300 ). Bone


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