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Cover 1 Half Title 2 Title 4 Copyright 5 Contents 6 Preface 10 CHAPTER ONE An introduction to Japan's natural environment 12 Japan's geographical setting 12 Climate 14 A country of forest 14 Agriculture 16 Fish resources 19 CHAPTER TWO The periodization of Japanese archaeology 20 The Pre-ceramic or Palaeolithic period 20 The Jomon period 21 The Yayoi period 24 The Kofun period 25 Principles of period divisions 26 Pottery in the periodization of Japanese prehistory 26 CHAPTER THREE Palaeolithic research on the volcanic islands 30 The discovery of the Iwajuku site 30 The extensive volcanic ash 34 Edge-ground stone axes of the Palaeolithic 34 The pursuit of "the Early Palaeolithic" 37 The palaeoenvironment 39 Contact With the mainland 45 CHAPTER FOUR Earliest pottery and the dates controversy 50 Relative chronological study of Jomon pottery 50 Controversy over the dating of Japanese prehistory 57 Japanese pottery goes back further 62 CHAPTER FIVE Establishment of the Jomon economic system, and stable settlements 64 Origins of agriculture in China 64 From the Incipient (I) to the Initial (II) phase 67 Yoriitomon series of pottery types 68 Establishment of the Jomon economic system 74 C

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Author

Keiji Imamura

Publisher

Routledge

Published

2016

Language

EN

ISBN

9780203973424

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Science, History, Language Learning