| In fact, the use of the earthen figures had disappeared for a time in the middle of the Jomon period after they were used extensively in the east part of the Kanto region in the first half of the earlier Jomon period. |
すなわち、縄文早期の更に前半期に関東地方の東部で集中的に使用された後、縄文中期に土偶の使用は一旦消滅している。 |