JAPAN 50 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Kinai, Haniwa, Han Dynasty
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Japan 50 week 1 area allows to cultivate crops more easily japan: 2/3 mountains generally, not inhabited mostly plains where people settled landscapes can be dangerous/volatile ex: landslides, flooding, earthquakes, tsunamis, Jomon means rope pattern and refers to a style of clay pottery. Limited agriculture - by flood plains and rivers - so. Lots of changes and diversity: incipient (meaning oldest/initial) jomon pot (10,500 - 8,000 b. c. e) Bottom part of pot is rounded -- can tell it was put on a fire pit. ----------------------------------------------middle to late period ----------------------------------------: middle jomon pots (2,500 - 1,500 b. c. e) Fertility - crops / offspring: large jar. Jomon vessel 3000-2000 - ritual device more intricate. Some had broken limbs - a ritual to sacrifice to gods (-fertility ) Used for fishing , and even animals on land. 250 c. e (shorter period than jomon) excavated all jars. Iron, bronze, glass, cloth, and wood (more supplies here) Wet rice agriculture (can support a larger population)
