Fukui, Japan-Asahi Shimbun A piece of iron with a curved tip found at the Hayashi-Fugishima archaeological site in central Honshu has been identified as an early saw, the report said. The beak-shaped object has a pointed tip, is less than two inches long and has small triangular teeth on its side. It is estimated that this instrument dates back to the second half of the second century. Advertisement Tomokatsu Uozu of the Fukui Prefectural Archaeological Research Center said, “This artifact may be an important evidence supporting the progress of the Iron Pottery culture on the coast of the Sea of Japan during the Yayoi period.” Similar saws from the second and third centuries have been found in China. For more information about the Yayoi period, visit “Genetic history of Japan“
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