Jōmon period
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In Japanese history, the Jōmon period is the time between c. 14,000 and 300 BC, during which Japan was inhabited by the Jōmon people, a diverse hunter-gatherer and early agriculturalist population uni
Probable migratory routes of Jōmon peoples from neighboring regions to the Japanese Archipelago.
Reconstruction of the Sannai-Maruyama Site in the Aomori Prefecture. It shares cultural similarities with settlements of Northeast Asia and the Korean Peninsula, as well as with later Japanese culture.
Jomon archaeological sites in Aomori Prefecture
Forensic reconstruction from a local Niigata Jōmon sample
Yayoi period
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The Yayoi period is one of the major historical periods of the Japanese archipelago. It is generally defined as the era between the beginning of food production in Japan and the emergence of keyhole-s
Jōmon period
…upon ceramic typology, and to a lesser extent radiocarbon dating. Recent findings have refined the final phase of the Jōmon period to 300 BC. The Yayoi period started between 500 and 300 BC according to radio-carbon evidence, while Yayoi styled pottery was found in a Jōmon site in northern Kyushu in 800 BC…
Yoshinogari site reconstruction
Reconstructed Yayoi-style dwellings at Yoshinogari
A Yayoi period dōtaku bell, 3rd century AD
Shinju-kyo bronze mirror excavated in Tsubai-otsukayama kofun, Yamashiro, Kyoto