2006-11-03 14:45:18 · 3 answers · asked by clyde 1 in Travel ➔ Asia Pacific ➔ Japan
Jomon pre-dates the Yayoi period in Japanese pre history.
The primary difference is in the pottery made by these pre-literate cultures. the name Jomon refers to the rope pattern found on the pottery.
Yayoi pottery is more advanced and is glazed where as Jomon is rough.
2006-11-03 20:06:35 · answer #1 · answered by tokyocowboy 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Jomon date from about 12,000 B.C to 300 B.C. They're name after the rope-pattern on their pottery.
They are believed to have become part of modern japanese and the Ainu. Their population density was more in the northern area of Japan.
For a long time it was beleived that the Jomon were mainly Paleolithic hunters and fishers but recently shows they became growing rice and cultivating trees before the arrival of the Yayoi.
Jomon made the strange Shoku Dogu statues which some think represent ancient astronauts:
http://img145.imageshack.us/img145/1424/dscn0130zl8.jpg
They also constructed a stone circle in Oya, Akita that may have been used as a seasonal calendar.
Jomon dwellings were often circular
Yayoi had definate Korean aspects. They produced bronze bells and mirrors. Their dwellings were square shaped. They cultivated rice on a large scale. They developed a society with a more centralized authority in the form of clans. When you look at the Yayoi dress and customs you can see the early beginnings of Japanese culture.
If Chinese sources are correct, Yayoi were very particular about ritual purity and their beliefs can be seen as early Shintoism.
We don't know enough about Jomon culture and beliefs to compare in this regard.
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2006-11-03 21:11:15 · answer #2 · answered by samurai_dave 6 · 1⤊ 4⤋
It's a little bother explaining in English.
Why don't you check the Wikipedia first?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jomon
2006-11-04 06:00:24 · answer #3 · answered by Joriental 6 · 0⤊ 3⤋