Continental Connections: Development of the Yayoi People

Summary

This is an abstract from the "SAA 2024: Individual Abstracts" session, at the 89th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.

The Korean Peninsula and Japanese Archipelago have been intimately connected in many ways since the beginning of the peopling of both regions. However, the Mumun (Bronze age) period of the Korean Peninsula witnessed the most impactful interactions between the two groups. During this period the Jomon people of Japan and Samhan people of Korea started exchanging more than simple trade goods. This is evident in the archaeological materials found in both regions. This paper will look specifically at the exchange of material culture and ideas such as Bronze AFOs and ceramics coming into the Japanese archipelago. In addition, it will discuss the development of burial mounds and how continental connections helped to develop this custom. It will detail the significant role that the Mumun pottery and bronze dagger traditions played on the developing Japanese culture. It will also question the idea that the cultural exchange occurred only in one direction as some scholars have suggested.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• SAA 2024: Individual Abstracts   •
• Society for American Archaeology 89th Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA (2024)

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Abstract Id(s): 40247.0