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From Toro to Yoshinogari: changing perspectives on Yayoi archaeology

hoabinhian jomon, yayoi early koreans states : bibliographical reviews of far eastern archaeology 1990 • Oxford • Published In 1990 • Pages: 63-111

By: Hudson, Mark.

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document

Hudson provides an overview of the Yayoi culture. A diversity of topics are included: the transition between the Jomon and the Yayoi and the continuities between the two periods; how the Yayoi people got to Japan and the possible routes they might have taken; the physical changes to Japanese populations; population growth verses immigration; the spread of Yayoi culture and of food production, especially rice agriculture; Yayoi settlements and defenses; ceramics; the introduction of bronze and iron and their uses; other technologies; burials and burial mounds; and the rise of social complexity.

SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF

Sociocultural trends

Cereal agriculture

Ceramic technology

Smiths and their crafts

Settlement patterns

Burial practices and funerals

Chronologies and culture sequences

traditionCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)

Yayoi

HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document

2004

RegionThe area the document pertains to

Asia

Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region

East Asia

Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs

essay

Evaluation

Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.

Archaeologist

Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.

4: Excellent Secondary Data

AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection

Sarah Berry ; 2003

Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document

not specified

Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to

2500 BP-1500 BP (500 B.C.-500 A.D.)

Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)

Japan

NotesAdditional notes

Mark Hudson

Includes bibliograpahical references (p. 102-111)

LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number

00265641

LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings

Yayoi culture