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May. 26th, 2011 10:04 amRice agriculture arrived in the later half of the 1st millennium BC. The Yayoi period also saw the appearance of metallurgy, both bronze and iron working. The large cemetery at Hirakubo Moroni in Fukushima Prefecture, in eastern Japan, is evidence for the great social changes that rice agriculture brought about -- over 300 graves. Jomon pottery is usually much more decorated than Yayoi pottery, but the Joutou site in Okayama Prefecture has produced an exquisite small vessel bearing a series of incised panels representing faces. The Yayoi is often regarded as seeing the first evidence for organized warfare in the archipelago and the wooden remains of a crossbow from the Himebara Nishi site in Shimane Prefecture add to this picture. This contrasts with the lack of portrayal of war (particularly the Second World War) in the National Musuem of History
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MATSUE, Japan, May 12 Kyodo
A wooden object believed to be a crossbow dating from the late 2nd or early 3rd century has been education board officials said Tuesday. The object, if confirmed to be a crossbow, will be the first weapon of its kind found in Japan. The officials said the find was likely a crossbow -- a weapon commonly used in ancient China -- and as such could change archeologists' views of how Japan's early inhabitants in the Yayoi period conducted war. Some scholars, however, take a contrary view, saying the object could be a mock weapon used in religious rites rather than in actual battle, given the large number of wooden articles apparently used in such ceremonies also found with it. Found in the Himebara-Nishi site, the object has a rifle-shaped grip without a bow nor trigger mechanism and measures 91 centimeters long, 15 cm wide and 6 cm thick. There is a rectangular cavity where the trigger should be as well as a V-shaped groove for a bolt. A halberd also used in ancient China and a soundboard for a lute were also found -- articles which the officials concede could have been used for religious purposes but were most likely not all mock-ups. Crossbows, which are more powerful than ordinary bows, were used from the latter part of the Warring States period Warring States period in China in the 4th century B.C. through the period of the Three Kingdoms following the fall of the Han dynasty in the 3rd century A.D.
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MATSUE, Japan, May 12 Kyodo
A wooden object believed to be a crossbow dating from the late 2nd or early 3rd century has been education board officials said Tuesday. The object, if confirmed to be a crossbow, will be the first weapon of its kind found in Japan. The officials said the find was likely a crossbow -- a weapon commonly used in ancient China -- and as such could change archeologists' views of how Japan's early inhabitants in the Yayoi period conducted war. Some scholars, however, take a contrary view, saying the object could be a mock weapon used in religious rites rather than in actual battle, given the large number of wooden articles apparently used in such ceremonies also found with it. Found in the Himebara-Nishi site, the object has a rifle-shaped grip without a bow nor trigger mechanism and measures 91 centimeters long, 15 cm wide and 6 cm thick. There is a rectangular cavity where the trigger should be as well as a V-shaped groove for a bolt. A halberd also used in ancient China and a soundboard for a lute were also found -- articles which the officials concede could have been used for religious purposes but were most likely not all mock-ups. Crossbows, which are more powerful than ordinary bows, were used from the latter part of the Warring States period Warring States period in China in the 4th century B.C. through the period of the Three Kingdoms following the fall of the Han dynasty in the 3rd century A.D.
