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| Kansai - Yayoi Period |
| continuity |
| Preceding: Japan - Late Jomon (jp_jomon_5) [continuity] | |
| Succeeding: Kansai - Yayoi Period (jp_yayoi) [population replacement] |
| quasi-polity |
| Year Range | Japan - Final Jomon (jp_jomon_6) was in: |
|---|---|
| (1200 BCE 301 BCE) | Kansai |
"The Japanese word Jomon literally means cord-marked, a term given to decoration applied to pottery with the impressions of twisted cords. The term was first used in the report of what is widely regarded as the first scientific archaeological excavation in Japan, at the Omori shell mounds near present-day Tokyo, written by Edward Sylvester Morse, in 1879. This term was subsequently used to refer to the archaeological period during which this pottery was used." [1]
[1]: (Kaner & Nakamura 2004, i)
"Dental evidence links Jomon to the living Ainu and Yayoi and Kofun period skeletons to the recent population of Japan." [1]
[1]: (Scott and Turner 2000) Scott, Richard G. Turner, Christy G. 2000. The Anthropology of Modern Human Teeth: Dental Morphology and Its Variation in Recent Human Populations. Cambridge University Press.
Inhabitants. Some villages could get as large as 400 to 500 people in early and middle, and later Jomon periods, and could have up to 40 or 50 houses in a settlement.
[1]
[1]: (Barnes 2015: 131) Seshat URL: https://www.zotero.org/groups/1051264/seshat_databank/items/itemKey/T5SRVKXV.
levels. Inferred from previous quasi-polities.
[1]
[1]: • (Barnes 2015: 131) Seshat URL: https://www.zotero.org/groups/1051264/seshat_databank/items/itemKey/T5SRVKXV.
levels.
Earliest evidence for the existence of ritual specialists dates to the Late Jomon.
"It is clear that cultivation did appear in the Jomon period, but it is equally clear that it remained a minor activity that did not contribute significantly to the growth of social complexity (Rowley-Conwy 2002:62). In fact, Hudson (1997) has that the of full-scale rejection agriculture was one characteristic shared by argued Jomon societies." [1] .
[1]: (Pearson 2007, 363)
Obsidian mines. "In contrast, large-sized mining sites in which underground obsidian nodules were dug out by means of numerous pits emerged in the Central Highlands during the Jomon Period. The systematic digging technology is characteristic of Jomon procurement activities. Although the earliest mining pit dates back to the late phase of the Incipient Jomon, the historical process with regard to the emergence of the digging technology for the mining is still ambiguous." [1]
[1]: (Shimada 2012, 240)
No archaeological evidence for this. Moreover, the scholarly consensus is that the Jomon were relatively peaceful.
No archaeological evidence for this. Moreover, the scholarly consensus is that the Jomon were relatively peaceful.
No archaeological evidence for this. Moreover, the scholarly consensus is that the Jomon were relatively peaceful.
No archaeological evidence for this. Moreover, the scholarly consensus is that the Jomon were relatively peaceful.
No archaeological evidence for this. Moreover, the scholarly consensus is that the Jomon were relatively peaceful.
No archaeological evidence for this. Moreover, the scholarly consensus is that the Jomon were relatively peaceful.
No archaeological evidence for this. Moreover, the scholarly consensus is that the Jomon were relatively peaceful.
No archaeological evidence for this. Moreover, the scholarly consensus is that the Jomon were relatively peaceful.
No archaeological evidence for this. Moreover, the scholarly consensus is that the Jomon were relatively peaceful.
No archaeological evidence for this. Moreover, the scholarly consensus is that the Jomon were relatively peaceful.
No archaeological evidence for this. Moreover, the scholarly consensus is that the Jomon were relatively peaceful.
No archaeological evidence for this. Moreover, the scholarly consensus is that the Jomon were relatively peaceful.
No archaeological evidence for this. Moreover, the scholarly consensus is that the Jomon were relatively peaceful.
1m long bows with poison tipped arrows have been found for this polity, which could kill anything up to about 50 kg in weight, including people. [1] Making bows that would fit with the highly regularized 10,000-year-long Jomon archery tradition would have required the use of staves that were carefully harvested from plants nurtured during growth [2]
[1]: J. Edward Kidder, Jr., ‘The earliest societies in Japan’, in Delmer M. Brown The Cambridge History of Japan, Cambrudge: Cambridge University Press, 1993, pp. 73-74
[2]: Peter Bleed & Akira Matsui, ‘Why Didn’t Agriculture Develop in Japan? A Consideration of Jomon Ecological Style, Niche Construction, and the Origins of Domestication’, Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory, 2010, Volume 17, Issue 4, p. 364
No archaeological evidence for this. Moreover, the scholarly consensus is that the Jomon were relatively peaceful.
No archaeological evidence for this. Moreover, the scholarly consensus is that the Jomon were relatively peaceful.
No archaeological evidence for this. Moreover, the scholarly consensus is that the Jomon were relatively peaceful.
No archaeological evidence for this. Moreover, the scholarly consensus is that the Jomon were relatively peaceful.
No archaeological evidence for this. Moreover, the scholarly consensus is that the Jomon were relatively peaceful.
Pearson suggests: ‘There is hard archaeological evidence that continental people visited Jomon communities. At the Itoku site in Kochi Prefecture in southern Shikoku, both human and animal bones with modifications caused by metal tools were found in a deposit dating to 3200-2800 B.P. (Maruyama et al. 2004). The modifications appear to have been made by metal swords or knives and are consistent with violent conflict (Matsui 2005).’ [1]
[1]: Pearson, Richard., ‘Debating Jomon Social Complexity’, Asian Perspectives: Journal of Archeology for Asia & the Pacific, Volume 46, Number 2 (Fall), 2007, pp. 360
No archaeological evidence for this. Moreover, the scholarly consensus is that the Jomon were relatively peaceful.
No archaeological evidence for this. Moreover, the scholarly consensus is that the Jomon were relatively peaceful.
No archaeological evidence for this. Moreover, the scholarly consensus is that the Jomon were relatively peaceful. [1] [2]
[1]: (Mizoguchi 2013, 140)
[2]: Pearson, Richard., ‘Debating Jomon Social Complexity’, Asian Perspectives: Journal of Archeology for Asia & the Pacific, Volume 46, Number 2 (Fall), 2007, pp. 360
No archaeological evidence for this. Moreover, the scholarly consensus is that the Jomon were relatively peaceful.
No archaeological evidence for this. Moreover, the scholarly consensus is that the Jomon were relatively peaceful.
No archaeological evidence for this. Moreover, the scholarly consensus is that the Jomon were relatively peaceful. And elephants are not native to Japan or its neighbouring regions.
No archaeological evidence for this. Moreover, the scholarly consensus is that the Jomon were relatively peaceful.
No archaeological evidence for this. Moreover, the scholarly consensus is that the Jomon were relatively peaceful.
No archaeological evidence for this. Moreover, the scholarly consensus is that the Jomon were relatively peaceful. And camels are not native to Japan or its neighbouring regions.
No archaeological evidence for this. Moreover, the scholarly consensus is that the Jomon were relatively peaceful.
No archaeological evidence for this. Moreover, the scholarly consensus is that the Jomon were relatively peaceful.
No archaeological evidence for this. Moreover, the scholarly consensus is that the Jomon were relatively peaceful.
No archaeological evidence for this. Moreover, the scholarly consensus is that the Jomon were relatively peaceful.
No archaeological evidence for this. Moreover, the scholarly consensus is that the Jomon were relatively peaceful.
No archaeological evidence for this. Moreover, the scholarly consensus is that the Jomon were relatively peaceful.
No archaeological evidence for this. Moreover, the scholarly consensus is that the Jomon were relatively peaceful.
No archaeological evidence for this. Moreover, the scholarly consensus is that the Jomon were relatively peaceful.
No archaeological evidence for this. Moreover, the scholarly consensus is that the Jomon were relatively peaceful.
No archaeological evidence for this. Moreover, the scholarly consensus is that the Jomon were relatively peaceful.
No archaeological evidence for this. Moreover, the scholarly consensus is that the Jomon were relatively peaceful.
No archaeological evidence for this. Moreover, the scholarly consensus is that the Jomon were relatively peaceful. [1]
[1]: Peter Bleed & Akira Matsui, ‘Why Didn’t Agriculture Develop in Japan? A Consideration of Jomon Ecological Style, Niche Construction, and the Origins of Domestication’, Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory, 2010, Volume 17, Issue 4, p. 360
No archaeological evidence for this. Moreover, the scholarly consensus is that the Jomon were relatively peaceful.