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The Archaeology of Japan: From the Earliest Rice Farming Villages to the Rise of the State
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This is the first book-length study of the Yayoi and Kofun periods of Japan (c.600 BC–AD 700), in which the introduction of rice paddy-field farming from the Korean peninsula ignited the rapid development of social complexity and hierarchy that culminated with the formation of the ancient Japanese state. The author traces the historical trajectory of the Yayoi and Kofun periods by employing cutting-edge sociological, anthropological and archaeological theories and methods. The book reveals a fascinating process through which sophisticated hunting-gathering communities in an archipelago on the eastern fringe of the Eurasian continent were transformed materially and symbolically into a state.
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Social stratification in Japan was not widely adopted until the adoption of a rice cultivation society.
“It is widely understood that social stratification in Japan was not widely adopted until the adoption of a rice cultivation society.”
From Investigating intentional cranial modification: A hybridized two-dimensional/three-dimensional study of the Hirota site, Tanegashima, Japan (2023) · cites this paper as [61]
It is only after rice cultivation became a main means of providing sustenance that cooperative work in wet rice paddy fields increased and settlements became larger and more concentrated and a communal network of people, goods, and information began to accumulate, leading to increased observable evidence of social strata.
“It is only after rice cultivation became a main means of providing sustenance that cooperative work in wet rice paddy fields increased and settlements became larger and more concentrated and a communal network of people, goods, and information began to accumulate, leading to increased observable evidence of social strata [61].”
From Investigating intentional cranial modification: A hybridized two-dimensional/three-dimensional study of the Hirota site, Tanegashima, Japan (2023) · cites this paper as [61]
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Metadata
- Authors
- Mizoguchi, K.
- Affiliations
- Kyushu University (JP)
- Corresponding author
- Mizoguchi, Koji
- ORCID
- Mizoguchi, Koji
- Venue
- Cambridge University Press eBooks
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Published
- 2013-11-05
- OpenAlex
- W3170629251
- Cited by
- 62
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
- 2026: 4 · 2025: 7 · 2024: 10 · 2023: 6 · 2022: 9 · 2021: 5 · 2020: 8 · 2019: 1 · 2018: 2 · 2017: 4 · 2016: 1 · 2015: 5
- FWCI
- 4.46
- Type
- book
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Cambridge University Press eBooks (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Archeology (arts and humanities) › Ancient and Medieval Archaeology Studies
- Social Sciences › Cultural Studies › Japanese History and Culture
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Archeology (arts and humanities) › Archaeological and Geological Studies
- Keywords
- Yayoi period, Kofun period, ancient Japanese state formation, social complexity, social hierarchy, hunter-gatherers, state formation
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