﻿FAR 
  EASTERN 
  CIVILIZATIONS 
  — 
  BISHOP 
  

  

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  China 
  but 
  also 
  in 
  Siberia, 
  Japan, 
  and 
  even 
  as 
  far 
  afield 
  as 
  among 
  the 
  

   Eskimo. 
  (See 
  fig. 
  3.) 
  

  

  Arrow 
  points 
  were 
  of 
  stone, 
  bone, 
  and 
  shell 
  ; 
  and 
  picks 
  of 
  deer 
  antler 
  

   similar 
  to 
  ones 
  found 
  in 
  Europe 
  also 
  occur. 
  Spindle 
  whorls 
  of 
  clay 
  or 
  

   stone 
  and 
  perforated 
  needles 
  of 
  bone 
  show 
  that 
  at 
  least 
  sewing 
  was 
  

   known, 
  and 
  perhaps 
  weaving 
  also, 
  for 
  impressions 
  of 
  cloth 
  on 
  certain 
  

   ancient 
  Chinese 
  potsherds 
  may 
  possibly 
  date 
  back 
  to 
  Neolithic 
  times. 
  

   Bark 
  cloth 
  like 
  the 
  Polynesian 
  tapa 
  seems 
  also 
  to 
  have 
  been 
  made 
  ; 
  and 
  

   during 
  the 
  cold 
  season 
  furs 
  were 
  undoubtedly 
  worn. 
  

  

  Figuke 
  3. 
  — 
  -Mattock 
  and 
  knives 
  of 
  stone, 
  northwestern 
  China. 
  

  

  Pottery. 
  — 
  Pottery 
  was 
  well 
  known 
  in 
  eastern 
  Asia 
  during 
  this 
  cul- 
  

   ture 
  phase. 
  Broadly 
  speaking, 
  it 
  falls 
  into 
  two 
  great 
  categories, 
  a 
  

   northern 
  and 
  a 
  southern, 
  the 
  former 
  usually 
  ornamented 
  in 
  various 
  

   ways, 
  the 
  latter 
  most 
  often 
  plain. 
  

  

  The 
  northern 
  family 
  is 
  itself 
  divisible 
  into 
  two 
  classes. 
  Of 
  these, 
  

   one 
  is 
  a 
  coarse 
  gray 
  ware, 
  sherds 
  of 
  which 
  are 
  found 
  all 
  over 
  northern 
  

   China 
  and 
  are 
  closely 
  akin 
  to 
  the 
  pottery 
  of 
  the 
  neighboring 
  areas. 
  

   Hand-made, 
  often 
  by 
  the 
  coiling 
  process, 
  it 
  appears 
  in 
  a 
  wide 
  variety 
  

   of 
  forms. 
  Ornamentation 
  is 
  incised, 
  impressed, 
  punctate, 
  or 
  applied, 
  

   and 
  the 
  ware 
  itself 
  is 
  as 
  a 
  rule 
  poorly 
  fired. 
  

  

  