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🇯🇵 Japan · Ancient village
Jomon Late c.3000 BCE → Yayoi Early–Middle 500 BCE–100 CE → Edo overburden · Jomon → Yayoi (Tokyo Hongō branch)
Tokyo's Yayoi name-bearer extended — Yayoi 2-chome Oishi precinct on Hongō (1884 Yagi, Yayoi type).
🇯🇵 Japan · Ancient village
Jomon Early 5000 BP → Late Jomon 3000 BP · Jomon San'in coastal — Tawayama Hamayu tradition
Tawayama Shell Midden — Jomon mid-to-late shell midden (5000–3000 BP) on Tawayama hill at Lake Koyama 5 km NW Tottori, San'in Sea of Japan coast, excavated 1980s–90s by Tottori University.
🇯🇵 Japan · Ancient village
Jomon 6000–1800 BCE (Early to Final) stratified · Jomon (Kanto)
132 m Kanto Jomon shell midden — 5× stratified with 35 pit houses on Musashino (Mizuko, 6000–1800 BCE).
🇯🇵 Japan · Ancient village
Early to Middle Jomon 4500–2500 BCE (Jomon 2–4) · Early–Middle Jomon (Tōhoku coastal)
Early–Middle Jomon coastal shell midden and settlement (c.4500–2500 BCE) at Shichinohe on the Lake Ogawara plain — massive shell mound 120×80 m (Late Jomon layers 3 m thick) with 40+ pit dwellings,…
🇯🇵 Japan · Ancient village
Middle to Late Jomon 3500–1700 BCE · Middle–Late Jomon (Hachinohe wetland)
Middle–Late Jomon wetland shell midden (c.3500–1700 BCE) adjacent to Korekawa at Chōshichiyachi, Hachinohe — 2 ha midden (Corbicula and yamato shijimi) 3 m thick with 20+ pit dwellings and…
🇯🇵 Japan · Ancient village
Late to Final Jomon 2500–400 BCE · Late–Final Jomon (Tsugaru coastal)
Late to Final Jomon shell midden (c.2500–400 BCE) on the Japan Sea coastal dune at Tsugaru City, Aomori — 6.3 ha site with shell mound (Corbicula, Ezo surf clam) 2.5 m thick, 30+ pit dwellings, and…
🇯🇵 Japan · Ancient village
Early to Late Jomon 6000–1000 BCE · Early–Late Jomon (Date, Uchiura Bay)
Early to Late Jomon marine midden and ritual site (c.6000–1000 BCE) at Date, Hokkaido — 14.4 ha plateau site with massive shell mound (oyster, Scallop 3 m thick, 2500 m³), 70+ pit dwellings, lacquer…
