縄じょう文もん人じん

noun

Jōmon people

Historical term for the prehistoric inhabitants of the Japanese archipelago during the Jōmon period (c. 14,000–300 BCE).

• 縄じょう文もん人じんは狩しゅ猟りょう採さい集しゅうを主おもな生せい活かつ手しゅ段だんとしていた。

  The Jōmon people relied mainly on hunting and gathering for their livelihood.

• 縄じょう文もん人じんの遺い跡せきから土ど器きが多た数すう出しゅつ土どしている。

  Many pottery pieces have been excavated from Jōmon-period sites.