Museum unveils its first reconstructed bust of a prehistoric Yayoi-period woman

Museum unveils its first reconstructed bust of a prehistoric Yayoi-period woman

The statue offers a peek into the past based on actual skeletal remains and DNA analysis from southern Japan–and kind of looks like someone I know. The Aoya Kamijichi archaeological site in the Aoya district of Tottori City is known for turning up all kinds of artifacts dating back to the Yayoi period (roughly 300 BCE-300 CE). This era, which follows the earlier Jomon period and precedes the Kofun period, predates written records in the country …