Ancient Jomon of Japan - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Ancient Jomon of Japan write by Junko Habu. This book was released on 2004-07-29. Ancient Jomon of Japan available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Publisher Description
Japanese Prehistory
Japanese Prehistory - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Japanese Prehistory write by Nelly Naumann. This book was released on 2000. Japanese Prehistory available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The existing literature on Japanese prehistory is mostly focussed on describing material culture; this new study surveys the early artifacts and shows that they were either neglected in previous studies or reported of by unfounded and fantastic speculation. The author identifies prehistoric ideas concerning hunting and fishing, the cult of the dead, and the after-life. The cosmological implications of burial topography and stone-circles are as well examined as older written texts from other parts of the world aiding in elucidating the symbols recognized on these remains. This helps to link the Jo-mon materials to other remains of similar or older age from the ancient Near East, China, the Pacific, and ancient America and proves that prehistoric Japan was never really isolated from the rest of the world. Although the method developed in this study, which rejects speculation and bases itself entirely on archaeological remains, permits only the elucidation of a part of the rich spiritual culture of prehistoric Japan; it reveals an abundance of new information concerning the most important religious ideas of mankind: the constant renewal of life, and the belief that death is not the ultimate end.
Jomon of Japan
Jomon of Japan - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Jomon of Japan write by Douglas M. Kenrick. This book was released on 1995. Jomon of Japan available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Focusing on the ancient Jomon pottery of Japan, this book offers a comprehensive and illustrated overview of this early Japanese art, and its relation to the ancient pottery of other countries
Prehistoric Japan
Prehistoric Japan - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Prehistoric Japan write by Keiji Imamura. This book was released on 2016-09-17. Prehistoric Japan available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. An illustrated introduction to the prehistory of Japan, treated in its own right and not as a minor part of East Asia in general.
Jomon Reflections
Jomon Reflections - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Jomon Reflections write by Tatsuo Kobayashi. This book was released on 2004. Jomon Reflections available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. A fully-illustrated introduction to the archaeology of the Jomon period in Japan, this book explores the complex relationships between Jomon people and their rich natural environment. From the end of the last Ice Age 12,000 years ago to the appearance of rice agriculture around 400 BC, Jomon people subsisted by hunting, fishing and gathering; but abundant and predictable sources of wild food enabled Jomon people to live in large, relatively permanent settlements, and to develop an elaborate material culture. In this book Kobayashi and Kaner explore thematic issues in Jomon archaeology: the appearance of sedentism in the Japanese archipelago and the nature of Jomon settlements; the invention of pottery and the development and meaning of regional pottery styles; social and spiritual life; as well as the astronomical significance of causeway monuments and the conceptualisation of landscape in the Jomon period. These ideas are considered in the light of current work in the European Mesolithic and Neolithic, setting Jomon archaeology within a global context. The book draws extensively on new archaeological information from various parts of Japan, including the sites of Sannai Maruyama, Isedotai, Komankino among others. Extensive colour illustrations provide a vivid demonstration of Jomon ideology and creativity. Tatsuo Kobayashi is Professor of Archaeology at Kokugakuin University in Tokyo and Director of the Niigata Prefectural Museum of History. Simon Kraner is Assistant Director of the Sainsbury Institute for the Study of Japanese Arts and Cultures.
