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- 2 0 A plan of the Kainohana shell midden and settlement.
- 3 0 Different activities took place in each season, as shown in this diagram representing the Jomon calendar.
- 1 0 Jomon axes made of jadeite from the source near Teraji.
- 4 0 Stone circles, like this one at Nonakado, appeared throughout eastern Japan in the later Jomon period.
- 5 0 Body decoration was very important to Jomon people.
- 6 0 Rice reaping knives were one of the most important of the new types of tool required for farming.
- 7 0 Yayoi rituals involved the burial of bronze swords and bells as here at Kojindani.
- 8 0 Yoshinogari, one of the greatest Yayoi settlements in western Japan.
- 9 0 This map shows the possible routes to Yamatai described in the Chinese chronicles.
- 10 0 The Jomon people produced an astonishing variety of pottery vessels, often decorated with cord impressions.
- 11 0 Decorated bells were among the finest products of the Yayoi bronze industry.
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