Jōmon period

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historical period prehistoric period

The Jōmon period was a prehistoric era of Japanese history characterized by hunter-gatherer societies, early pottery, and distinctive cord-marked ceramics.

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Jōmon culture 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical period ⓘ
prehistoric period ⓘ
country Japan ⓘ
endTime c. 300 BCE ⓘ
etymology "Jōmon" means "cord-marked" in Japanese NERFINISHED ⓘ
followedBy Yayoi period NERFINISHED ⓘ
follows Paleolithic period in Japan ⓘ
hasCharacteristic clay figurines ⓘ
complex ritual practices ⓘ
cord-marked ceramics ⓘ
dog domestication ⓘ
early lacquer use ⓘ
early pottery production ⓘ
elaborate pottery decoration ⓘ
fishing and marine resource use ⓘ
foraging economy ⓘ
hunter-gatherer societies ⓘ
limited plant cultivation ⓘ
ornaments made of shell and bone ⓘ
pit dwellings ⓘ
regional cultural variation ⓘ
semi-sedentary lifestyle ⓘ
shell middens ⓘ
shellfish gathering ⓘ
stone circles ⓘ
use of antler tools ⓘ
use of bone tools ⓘ
use of stone tools ⓘ
knownFor cord-marked pottery ⓘ
dogū figurines ⓘ
flame-style pottery ⓘ
shell middens ⓘ
stone tools ⓘ
locatedIn Japanese archipelago NERFINISHED ⓘ
mainRegion Hokkaido NERFINISHED ⓘ
Honshu NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kyushu NERFINISHED ⓘ
Shikoku NERFINISHED ⓘ
namedAfter Jōmon pottery NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf Japanese history ⓘ
precededBy Japanese Paleolithic ⓘ
startTime c. 14,000 BCE ⓘ
subdivision Early Jōmon NERFINISHED ⓘ
Final Jōmon ⓘ
Incipient Jōmon NERFINISHED ⓘ
Initial Jōmon NERFINISHED ⓘ
Late Jōmon NERFINISHED ⓘ
Middle Jōmon NERFINISHED ⓘ
succeededBy Yayoi period NERFINISHED ⓘ
timeInPrehistory Neolithic era of Japan ⓘ

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Yayoi period → follows → Jōmon period ⓘ
Yayoi period → precededByCulture → Jōmon period ⓘ
this entity surface form: Jōmon culture