JAPAN 50 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: North American Plate, Eurasian Plate, Pacific Plate
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Prehistoric periods before the term japan emerged: jomon (14,500 400 b. c. e. , yayoi (300-400 b. c. e. to early 200 c. e. , kofun (mid 3rd to late 6th century) The period when the state called japan emerged for the first time. 4 major islands: north to south: hokkaido, honshu, shikoku, kyushu. Honshu the big/main one with tokyo and osaka etc. Japan lies in the middle of 4 plates that causes earthquakes/volcanoes: north: north american plate, east: pacific plate, south: philippine plate, west: eurasian plate. Seismic activities cause japan to be very steep and mountainous: japan has most of the active volcanoes in the world (esp. Humans lived in rock shelters and caves. Jomon means rope pattern : jomon pottery a style of clay pottery. Quality and decoration of pottery improved/more complex overtime. Dogu (a clay human-like figure: late stage of the period, have different meanings, like for fertility and harvest or for youth etc.
