HIST 105 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Haniwa, Taika Reform, Stone Age
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Four major areas: paleolithic (50k bc-12kbc, jomon (11k bc-300bc, yayoi (900bc-250ad, kofun (300ad- 790) Paleotlithic: stone age hunters, pre ceramic period. Jomon period: 20k years ago, the fourth ice age ended, honshu and hokkaido were seperated, japan was isolated geographically, jomon pot type of cord wrapped in pottery. Hunter gatherer way of living: language close to chinese, turkish, mongolian, by end of period they had a complex life. Yayoi period: rice cultivation, metallurgy, yayoi pottery; technological improvements. Yamatai-koku (country of yamatai: conflicts over land and water rights occurred, village leader; chief, ancient state emerged, yamatai-koku-- priestess himiko. Kofun (ancient tombs: big tombs, haniwa (placed outside big tombs, written text; history of later han. Yamato: 1) area around nara, 2) refer to the clan that founded the present day imperial line in japan. Claimed direct descent from the sun goddess, amaterasu; chose the rising.
