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​ Based on chapter 2 of your Japan book as well as the supplemental readings post 3 important pieces of information and at least one image related to each of the following. You can't post something some else has already posted.

1. Jomon 2. Yayoi 3. Yamato

Tim Robinson

Jomon: 1) The Jomon people did not practice agriculture. THey survived by gathering roots, nuts and small game from forests and shellfish from the sea. 2) Jomon sites are marked by large piles of shellfish 3) These sites are often located in luch plentiful areas of Japan indicating that the Jomon people may have survived longer.



Yayoi:

1) Their civilization helped to prove that Japan did not go through a seperate bronze period. 2) Cultural aspects of their civilization like their houses and agricultural methods are strongly affiliated with historical Japan 3) Yayoi culture clearly depicted on large ornamental bronze bells



Yamato:

1) Their movement is the first distinguishable episode traceable in Japanese history. 2) Had many disputes with the Izumo clan over early legnendary figures. 3) The Yamato clan probably developed and progressed slowly out of multiple warlike clans.

Lauren Madden:

1) The Jomon People: Joman Pottery
 * dated as the Middle Stone Age (begining around 3000 BC)
 * they used stone weapons, made hand thrown pottery
 * their name Joman comes from the word for "cord pattern" which is specific to the way they made their pottery

2)Yayoi: Bronze Tools
 * from 300 and 100BC
 * produced wheel-made pots, and used iron with bronze creating bells, spears, tools...ect
 * still used like the Joman pit-dwellings yet...
 * their skills in their methods of agriculture and thatched roofs were more advanced than the primitive dwellings which make the Yayoi distinguished in Japans history

3) Yamato:
 * left the Kyushu in search for better agriculture towards the Inland Sea
 * the end of the migration towards the coast was in 660 BC
 * their movement is the first major migration of Japanese history
 * the greatest number of tombs were found in the Yamato region

Sam Wickham:

1) Jomon: Jomon pit-dwelling remains
 * dated as a Mesolithic culture that originated in 3000 B.C.
 * practiced gathering, picking up roots, nuts, shellfish and small game for sustenance (did not practice agriculture)
 * lived in sunken-pit dwellings

2) //Yayoi:// Bronze Yayoi spear tips
 * while early discoveries of this culture were made in Tokyo, culture was strongest in west Japan
 * unlike Jomon, practiced agriculture, using techniques like irrigation and planting patterns
 * used both bronze and iron in same time period, no separate Bronze Age

3) //Yamato//: Map of Yamato Empire
 * clan originated from warring clans who left Kyushu to find better agricultural opportunities
 * //Kojiki// states that the Yamato throne was established by Jimmu-tenno in 660 B.C., but is probably a little too early
 * once settled, Yamato began to propagate stories that praised their Sun Goddess and the Izuomo Storm God

 Adam Grey

1. Jomon Jomon Pottery  Yayoi
 * 1) Archeologists believe that Jomon pottery might have been some of the first in the world
 * 2) The name refers to the markings made on clay vessels by sticks wrapped with cords.
 * 3) The name is actually spelled with a bar over the first o. But every time I try to copy and paste a symbol from Word, it erases what I've written. So, you'll just have to imagine what the real name looks like.
 * 1) This period lasted from about 500 BC to 300 AD
 * 2) The name comes from the neighborhood of Tokyo where the first artifacts of the period were found
 * 3) One distinguishing characteristic from the Jomon besides agriculture was new forms of pottery

New Pottery!!

Yamato Introduction of Mahayana Buddhism
 * 1) Chinese and Korean immigration influenced the developement of yamato culture.
 * 2) The period was definitely marked by contact with the lands surrounding the island
 * 3) The yamato period encompasses two other periods, the Kofun and the Asuka period

Derek Crowley

1. Jomon The sunken pit dwellings that they lived in were also seen in China 2. Yayoi 3. Yamato
 * Were known for their hand thrown pottery
 * Large mounds of discarded shells mostly in the east and north show people survived longer in those areas
 * Strongest in west Japan as opposed to east and north
 * Made wheel pottery instead of hand thrown pottery
 * Made many things out of bronze including ceremonial spears only a few tools were made of iron
 * Had the most tombs out of any other area many for emperors
 * Left Kyushu in first century A.D.
 * Dating does not become reliable until 400 A.D and the traditional date in the kojiki for the end of the migration is 660 B.C but it is probably a few hundred years off.