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A Yayoi Artifact in My Father's Rice Field Hiromi Maruyama from Japan My father was farming his rice field with a machine when he heard a loud noise. He stopped and looked to see what it was and he found a broken piece of pottery.             My father was farming his rice field with a machine when he heard a loud noise. He stopped and looked to see what it was and he found a broken piece of pottery. I think that it is a piece of Yayoi-doki (pottery from the Yayoi period of Japanese history) because his rice field stands near the place of an archaeological dig. It is an interesting object, so I want to introduce it to you. The object is a 5 by 7-centimeter piece of pottery. It is gray and has a smooth surface. If you hit it with your finger, you will hear a clear sound. By studying artifacts like these, we can learn about life in the Yayoi period of history in Japan.   More on archaeology: Archaeology Dig is Hard Work, but Fun | Hard Work and Ancient Mystery Return to: Digging for the Past | Issue 2 | Home Page TOPICS Online Magazine - ©1997-2007- Sandy and Thomas Peters - topics.mag@gmail.com