Ethnoarchaeology of Introducing Agriculture and Social Continuity among Sedentarised Hunter–Gatherers

The Transition from the Jomon to the Yayoi Period

Bibliographic Data

ID15801730
AuthorsKazunobu Ikeya (National Museum of Ethnology, corresponding author)
Year2021
Volume4
Issue3
Pages28-28
Publication date2021-09-14
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueQuaternary (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2571-550X • E-ISSN: 2571-550X
PublisherMultidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (PUBLISHER • CH)
DOI10.3390/quat4030028
OpenAlexW3200451550
LanguageEN
Citations received4
References cited9

This study was conducted to elucidate the introduction of agriculture and social continuity from the Jomon to the Yayoi period, from an ethnoarchaeological perspective. The Yayoi period has been divided into two types: a broad spectrum economy that relied on many kinds of resources, such as rice, millet, and nuts, and a selective economy that specialised in rice and wild boar. However, it is not clear how the livelihoods shifted from the Jomon to the Yayoi period. In this study, ethnohistorical materials were examined first. Ethnohistorical reference materials gathered worldwide have revealed three relationships between hunter–gatherers and farmers: coexistence, fusion, and assimilation. Focusing on fusion, this study examined situations of hunting, gathering, and fishing, as inferred from ruins of the Late and Final Jomon period, and assessed their relationships with agriculture using ethnohistorical reference materials of the Early Edo period. There were not many social changes caused by the introduction of field farming; however, the introduction of paddy rice cultivation had different effects on society depending on the level of investment in obtaining water from streams and springs and creating irrigation features

Agriculture · Archaeology · Geography · Livelihood · Period (music · Socioeconomics · Sociology · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies

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