Jōmon Culture (ca. 10,500–ca. 300 B.C.) – The Metropolitan Museum of Art https://www.metmuseum.org/essays/jomon-culture-ca-10500-ca-300-b-c
The increased production of female figurines and phallic images of stone, as well as the practice of burying the deceased in shell mounds, suggest a rise in ritual practices.
All Jōmon pots were made by hand, without the aid of a wheel, the potter building