Lecture 2: The Prehistoric Era Flashcards

Jar with Combed Design
5-6 c, Kofun period
stoneware with natural ash glaze, Sue Ware

Deep Pot with Cord and Bamboo Markings
Early-Middle Jomon
Fired clay

Reconstruction of a prehistoric Jomon meal
Tadashi Kobayashi
Ceramic vessels holding acorns, shellfish soup, nuts, seeds, biscuits made of acorn flour, etc.

Conical Bowl with Tapered Bottom
Initial Jomon, 8000 - 5000 BCE
Fired clay

Flame-style Vessel
Middle Jomon
Earthenware

Nagano pit dwellings with wood frames and thatched roofs
(Middle Jomon Settlement Reconstruction)
Middle Jomon, 2500-1500 BCE

Clay Figure
Middle Jomon, 2500-1500 BCE
Fired clay

Figure with Clasped Hands
Final Jomon era, 1000 BCE
Fired clay

Yoshinogari
(Modern-day reconstruction)
Yayoi, 3 BCE - 3 CE