Jōmon period
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In Japanese history, the Jōmon period is the time between c. 14,000 and 300 BCE, during which Japan was inhabited by the Jōmon people, a diverse hunter-gatherer and early agriculturalist population un
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
Satsumon culture
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The Satsumon culture is a partially agricultural, archeological culture of northern Honshu and southern Hokkaido that has been identified as Emishi, as a Yamato-Emishi mixed culture, as the incipient
Dwelling replica from Hokuto at Kushiro, Hokkaido
Hokuto, in Kushiro, Hokkaido