Jomon And Yayoi Culture

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We have commonly acknowledged that the first humans to ever inhabit Japan originated around prehistoric times, but to this day we haven’t figured out the exact origins of the Japanese people. However, is it most commonly regarded that the
Japanese people are descendants of the Jomon and Yayoi period. The origination of the Jomon and Yayoi period in still shrouded in mystery, but a few theories have been speculated as to the origination of the Japanese. For example, they could’ve come from
Southeast Asia, India or China.
The Jomon existed somewhere around 14,000-300BC, when Japan had been inhabited by the hunter-gatherer culture (Where most of/all food is obtained by foraging), had began to reach a certain cultural advancement and sedentism. …show more content…

The pottery style used by the Early
Jomon period involved decoration by impressive cords into the surface of wet clay. This pottery has become accepted as some of the earliest pottery in East Asia, if not the world. The Jomon period was also plentiful in tools made of bone, stone, shells and even antlers. It was also plentiful in jewelry, which was made of pottery and lacquerware. It has often been compared to pre-Columbian cultures of North America Pacific Northwest and specifically the Valdivia culture located in South America, Ecuador. The reason for this is because like the Jomon period, they also had a hunter-gatherer style.
The entirety of the Jomon period lasted around 14000 years. However it has been conveniently split into multiple chapters, with each chapter shorter than the last.
Remnants of the Paleolithic culture, especially stone tools, have been found in Japan.
The earliest form of the Incipient Jomon chapter began when Japan had still been connected to Asia. The earliest form of pottery in Japan was made before or during the start of the Incipient Jomon period. In 1998, small shards of pottery were found, and have been dated to 14500 BC. Pottery of about the same age has also been found …show more content…

As of this current point in time, the earliest pottery vessels date back to 20000 BP (before present) and were discovered in the Xianren Cave located in Jiangxi, China. This specific pottery could have possibly been used as cookware. Other forms of early pottery have been excavated in the
Yuchanyan Cave, located in southern China, dated at 16000 BC, and at this current point in time it appears that this specific pottery arrived at approximately the same time in Japan.
The pottery of the Jomon period has been classified into up to 70 different styles, with many of them having local counterparts. The antiqueness of the Jomon period was first characterized in World War II, through the use of a method called Radiocarbon dating.
The first pots found were fairly small, roundish and were about 10-50 cm in height, they were assumed to be used in boiling food and possibly storing the food before it was prepared. These pots most likely belonged to the hunter-gatherer and as a result were small for portability reasons. And as time passed the pots grew in size, this showed signs of the hunter-gatherers starting to settle. This particular type of pottery

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