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Related: About this forumExperts bowled over by ancient urn found on bed of Lake Biwako
By JIN NISHIKAWA/ Staff Writer
December 27, 2017 at 17:55 JST
An underwater robot has snapped photographs of a pottery urn probably dating from the seventh or eighth century that has been left almost intact at the bottom of Lake Biwako.
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The urn was found in an underwater archaeological site called the Tsuzuraozaki Kotei Iseki.
Since 1924, many pottery pieces, mainly from between the Jomon Pottery Culture Period (c. 8000 B.C.-300 B.C.) and Heian Period (794-1185), have been found at the site at a depth between 10 and 70 meters, often caught in fishing nets.
It remains a mystery why so much pottery from such a wide time span have been found at this site.
More:
http://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/AJ201712270033.html
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http://www.archeolog-home.com/pages/content/cape-tsuzuraozaki-japon-experts-bowled-over-by-ancient-urn-found-on-bed-of-lake-biwako.html
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Experts bowled over by ancient urn found on bed of Lake Biwako (Original Post)
Judi Lynn
Dec 2017
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Binkie The Clown
(7,911 posts)1. It's obvious why there are so many in one spot.
An alien spacecraft carrying exo-archeologists crashed at the site and all the samples they had collected were scattered around.
The simplest solution; you know, Occam's aftershave.
Corvo Bianco
(1,148 posts)5. Duh.
Thank you for paying attention
McCamy Taylor
(19,240 posts)2. Was probably above water at some point.
burrowowl
(17,632 posts)3. K&R
eggplant
(3,907 posts)4. It's a pottery Lagrange point. n/t
Corvo Bianco
(1,148 posts)6. A romantic pottery dump through the ages. I love it.
Lucinda
(31,170 posts)7. Thankie!
LudwigPastorius
(9,092 posts)8. A Jomon urn?
What's a Jomon urn?
...oh, about a chicken-and-a-half for a full day's work.