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The Jōmon people are generally said to have been the first settlers of Japan. Nomadic hunter-gatherers who later practiced organized farming and built cities, the Jōmon people are named for the "cord-markings", impressions made with rope, found as decorations on pottery of this time, a term which was first applied to the pottery, and the culture, by American Edward Sylvester Morse. Jōmon pottery is said by many scholars to be the oldest yet discovered in the world.[2] | The Jōmon people are generally said to have been the first settlers of Japan. Nomadic hunter-gatherers who later practiced organized farming and built cities, the Jōmon people are named for the "cord-markings", impressions made with rope, found as decorations on pottery of this time, a term which was first applied to the pottery, and the culture, by American Edward Sylvester Morse. Jōmon pottery is said by many scholars to be the oldest yet discovered in the world.[2] | ||
=====Rock on! Prehistoric art dominates Unesco's 26 new World Heritage Sites===== | |||
[https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/07/28/unesco-new-world-heritage-sites-prehistoric-art by Elena Goukassian 28/7/25 THE ART NEWSPAPER] | |||
During Unesco’s annual World Heritage Committee meeting earlier this month in Paris, the international body voted to inscribe 26 new sites onto its list (21 cultural, four natural and one mixed). Four of these are in Africa, while about a third of the total represent prehistoric sites. Unesco also removed three sites from its World Heritage in Danger list during the session, which came to a close on 16 July. | |||
