TOKYO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Japan’s northernmost main island of Hokkaido is well known for its world-class powder snow, delicious food and unspoiled nature. Few people outside the country, however, are ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract This JWP Focus paper argues that material culture transformation can be understood as the transformation of the way human beings and material ...

Jomon Prehistoric Sites in Northern Japan consists of 17 archaeological sites that represent the pre-agricultural lifeways and complex spiritual culture of a prehistoric people. Located on the ...

The property consists of 17 archaeological sites in the southern part of Hokkaido Island and northern Tohoku in geographical settings ranging from mountains and hills to plains and lowlands, from ...

Beginning around 14,000 BC, the Jomon were Japan’s first true culture, leaving behind pit dwellings, ritual sites, and some of the oldest pottery in the world. Their influence shaped Japanese life for ...

Genome study cracks mystery of Japan’s first inhabitants - Majority of early immigrants to Japan came from Korean peninsula, ...

New research exploring the roots of modern Japanese populations has linked the genetic signature of Jomon hunter-gatherers to a higher body mass index (BMI) among individuals, underlining that ancient ...

Today in Japan, the Jomon period is experiencing a quiet boom. Jomon is a unique Japanese culture that lasted approximately 13,000 years in the pre-Christian age, within the Mesolithic and Neolithic ...