The Jomon clay figurines of the Kaminabe site, Kyushu, Japan

Togawa, Minako

This study considers the phenomenon of the sudden and brief appearance of clay figurines in west-central Kyushu towards the end of the Jomon Period (13,000-2,300 14C years BP). The baked clay figurines representing humans were made throughout the Jomon Period, but mostly in central and northern Hons