Earthenware
According to a theory, the oldest earthenware mankind created was found in Japan.
In Aomori Prefecture, Japan, earthenware created 16,500 years ago was uncovered. The oldest earthenware in China was created 14,500 years ago. The oldest earthenware in West Asia was created 9,000 years ago.
The production of pottery is one of the most ancient arts. The oldest known body of pottery dates from the Jomon period (from about 10,500 to 400 BC) in Japan; and even the earliest Jomon ceramics exhibit a unique sophistication of technique and design. Excavations in the Near East have revealed that primitive fired-clay vessels were made there more than 8,000 years ago. Potters were working in Iran by about 5500 BC, and earthenware was probably being produced even earlier on the Iranian high plateau. Chinese potters had developed characteristic techniques by about 5000 BC. In the New World many pre-Columbian American cultures developed highly artistic pottery traditions. http://www.artistictile.net/pages/Info/Info_pottery.htmlTo your surprise, Japan was one of ancient cultural centers in the world, followed by China and the Middle East.
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Cultural Sequences and Time Periods in Japanese Archaeology
Like archaeologists elsewhere, Japanese archaeologists have divided the prehistory of the archipelago into a variety of different periods. These periods are comparable to the Neolithic, Bronze Age and Iron Age seen in the rest of the Old World, but the Japanese have given each period its own name to reflect its unique Japanese character. The table below lists the broad chronological time periods for Japanese archaeology:
| Time Period | Dates | Characteristics |
| Palaeolithic | 50,000 BP - 13,000 BC | Use of micro-blade stone tools. |
| Jomon | 13,000 - 300 BC | Pottery production; hunting and gathering lifestyle. |
| Yayoi | 300 BC - AD 300 | Rice cultivation; new types of pottery. |
| Kofun | AD 300 - 650 | The construction of large burial mounds for elites. |
All the above dates should be considered as approximate. Different scholars have different criteria for when a particular age or phase began. After the Kofun Period, for all the islands but Hokkaido, writing becomes widespread. Archaeology is still done on remains post-dating the Kofun Period, but it falls into the realm of "historic" archaeology.
http://www.nbz.or.jp/eng/prehistoric.htmSo, Japan 10,000 years ago must look like the following:
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There are two types of people nowadays.
Those who are compelled to join Occupy Wall Street and those who have no need to join Occupy Wall Street. Apparently, cool, cold, cruel and guilefully clever guys are employed by businesses situated in Wall Street. But, apparently, more humane people are not employed by businesses situated in Wall Street.
To be rich is not just walking through grasslands to reach a comfortable place without an episode. On your way you will surely meet a dying person. If you neglect him and go on, you will surely encounter a sick person. If you neglect him and go on, you will surely see a victim of violence and a crime. If you neglect him and go on, you will surely spot a person carrying a too heavy load alone. If you neglect him and go on, you will surely find a good-natured person being deceived. If you neglect him and go on, you will surely realize that there are many sheep without a shepherd. If you neglect them and go on, you will surely be met by a Devil in the comfortable place, your destination over grass. And, if you obey a Devil, you should know by now you can be rich.
So, to be rich is not just walking through grasslands to reach a comfortable place without an episode.
And today young people who want to be employed by some Wall Street companies should walk through grass called Occupy Wall Street to their destinations.
Anyway, it will be a grave situation if Christ Jesus should not appear in Wall Street, say, on December 25.
Mat 11:18 For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, He hath a devil.
Mat 11:19 The Son of man came eating and drinking, and they say, Behold a man gluttonous, and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners. But wisdom is justified of her children.