− | Kyushu yields the oldest pottery--dated at approximately 10-11,000 B.C. As one moves from West to East along the archipelago, the disparity of dates of the pottery and our own time becomes less and less<ref>Delmer M. Brown (editor). The Cambridge History of Japan Volume One: Ancient Japan, Page 57</ref>. | + | [[Kyushu]] yields the oldest pottery--dated at approximately 10-11,000 B.C. As one moves from West to East along the archipelago, the disparity of dates of the pottery and our own time becomes less and less<ref>Delmer M. Brown (editor). The Cambridge History of Japan Volume One: Ancient Japan, Page 57</ref>. |