No General Descriptions provided.
| Japan - Late Jomon |
| continuity |
| Succeeding: Japan - Late Jomon (jp_jomon_5) [continuity] | |
| Preceding: Japan - Early Jomon (jp_jomon_3) [continuity] |
| quasi-polity |
| Year Range | Japan - Middle Jomon (jp_jomon_4) was in: |
|---|---|
| (3500 BCE 2501 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)
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.
[1]
1. Relatively permanent large-scale settlements.These were the main residential sites. It is unclear whether they were occupied year-round or whether the main settlement was moved seasonally.
2. Smaller, shorter-lived settlements.
Also:
Extremely small sites, made up of one or two buildings.
Extremely small sites, where there is evidence for use/occupation, but not of buildings.
[1]: Matsui, A. 2001. Jomon. In Peregrine, P. and M. Ember (eds) Encyclopedia of Prehistory: Volume 3: East Asia and Oceania 119-126. New York: Kluwer Academic/Plenum.
"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)
"Otahara (2000:108) has proposed that the Middle Jomon (c. 2,500 b.c.) six-post structure at Sannai Maruyama, Aomori Prefecture, is a monument for calendrical reckoning. The long side of the structure lines up with the sunrise on the summer solstice and the sunset on the winter solstice. He proposes that the six post structure at the Chikamori Site, Kanazawa Prefecture,had the same function.Such places were designed to map out the yearly cycle and to permit local people to participate in the ceremonies of the cycle either by living at the site or coming to participate (Mizoguchi 2002:104)." [1]
[1]: (Pearson 2007, 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.
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.
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. 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] [2]
[1]: Kidder Jr., J. Edward, 2007. Himiko and Japan’s Elusive Kingdom of Yamatai (Honolulu: Hawaii University Press). p. 41
[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. 360
No archaeological evidence for this. Moreover, the scholarly consensus is that the Jomon were relatively peaceful.