Sempukuji

An early Jomon rock shelter site in Nagasaki prefecture on Kyushu, Japan. There is an association of microblades with linear-relief pottery found earlier at Fukui, and an older pottery with discontinuous relief (bean-pattern). Dating puts the sight to the late 11th millennium BC, slightly younger than the Fukui date.

A very early Jomon site in Nagasaki prefecture on Kyushu, Japan. Recent work at this stratified rock shelter confirmed the association of microblades with linear-relief pottery found earlier at Fukui, but also revealed an older pottery with discontinuous relief (bean-pattern). Radiocarbon, fission track and thermoluminescence dates in the late 11th millennium be tend to be slightly younger than the Fukui date.