Collection of Archaeological Materials from the Lower Tokoro River Basin

Okhotsk pottery
No.30
DescriptionOkhotsk pottery
SiteTokoro-chashi Site: on the clay floor of Pit House found in Trench T
Size (cm)H. 36.8
PeriodLate stage of Okhotsk culture
Date8-9th century
PossessorTokoro Research Laboratory
CommentHaritsuke-mon series pottery from the Late Okhotsk culture, and a typical model of Group e according to Fujimoto’s chronology (1966). The main decoration patterns are the appliqué patterns formed by a unit of straight and wavy lines, which is regarded to be later than Group d.