先せん縄じょう文もん時じ代だい

noun

pre-Jomon period; preceramic period

Historical archaeological term for the period before the Jomon period in Japan, also known as the preceramic period. Rare in everyday language; used mainly in academic or historical contexts.

See also: 先土器時代

• 先せん縄じょう文もん時じ代だいの遺い跡せきからは、土ど器きが出しゅつ土どしない。

  No pottery is unearthed from sites of the pre-Jomon period.

• 先せん縄じょう文もん時じ代だいは、先せん土ど器き時じ代だいとも呼よばれる。

  The pre-Jomon period is also called the preceramic period.