縄じょう文もん

noun

cord-marked pattern; straw-rope pattern

Refers to the distinctive cord-impressed decoration on Jōmon pottery. Used in archaeological and art-historical descriptions.

• この土ど器きには縄じょう文もんがはっきり残のこっている。

  The cord-marked pattern is clearly visible on this pottery.

noun

Jōmon period

Abbreviation of 縄文時代. Used in historical contexts to refer to the Japanese Neolithic period (ca. 14,000–1000 BCE).

See also: 縄文時代

• 縄じょう文もんの遺い跡せきから土ど偶ぐうが出しゅつ土どした。

  Clay figurines were excavated from a Jōmon-period site.