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Ya•yoi
(yä yoi′),USA pronunciation adj.
- Archaeology, Ceramicsof or pertaining to a cultural period in Japan, c300b.c.–a.d.c300, characterized by unglazed reddish clay pottery (Yayoi′•ware′)made on a wheel and noted for its restrained, undecorated style, haniwa figures, raised-floor dwellings, wet-rice agriculture, and the first use of bronze and iron.
- Japanese Yayoi site of a tumulus where the pottery was discovered in 1884
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