The Prehistory of Japan / Gerard J. Groot; Bertram S. Kraus.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Groot, Gerard J., author.

Contributor:

Kraus, Bertram S., editor.

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Columbia University Press, [1951]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Studies Japanese archaeology and interprets the discoveries by describing the various stages of the Japanese Stone Age and their relationships with foreign cultures.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Editor's Preface

Author's Preface

Contents

Maps

Figures, Tables, Plates

I. Introduction

II. The Relative Chronological Sequence of Jomon Pottery Types

III. Geology and Relative Chronology in the Jomon Period

IV. The Proto-Jomon Period

V. The Early-Jomon Period

VI. The Moroiso Culture

VII. The Middle-Jomon Period

VIII. The Later-Jomon Period

IX. The Final-Jomon Period

X. The Problem of the Identity of Jomon Man

Appendix A: The Jomon Period and Absolute Chronology

Appendix B: The Shouldered-Axe Culture in East Asia and Japan

Appendix C: The Violin-Shaped Axe on Formosa

Appendix D: Alphabetical List of Jomon Sites in Japan Correlated with List by Region, Province, and District

Appendix E: List of Jomon Period Sites by Region, Province, and District

Bibliography

Plates

Index

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)

ISBN:

0-231-89645-X

OCLC:

1100463990