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Jomon communities at Sannai-Maruyama

c. 3900-2200 BCE · Northern Japanese archipelago

Long-lived Jomon settlements combined fishing, hunting, gathering, plant management, storage, craft production and exchange without fitting a simple farming-state model.

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AI-generated evidence-guided visualization related to Jomon communities at Sannai-Maruyama, c. 3900-2200 BCE. — AI-generated visualization based on the cited record and period context. It is not documentary evidence or an authenticated reconstruction of a single event.

How the setting appeared

Wooden pit dwellings, storage pits, refuse mounds and larger communal structures stood within a wooded and coastal-resource landscape.

Agent citation CIT-UNESCO-JOMONCIT-COLUMBIA-JAPAN Setting and material context · 2 registered source URLs · registration is not semantic proof · audit HEM-AUDIT-20260812

How people lived

Households relied on seasonal food knowledge and durable settlement ties; graves and ritual deposits indicate social memory, while status relations remain debated.

Agent citation CIT-UNESCO-JOMONCIT-COLUMBIA-JAPAN Lifeways and community · 2 registered source URLs · registration is not semantic proof · audit HEM-AUDIT-20260812

How people worked

People made cord-marked pottery, lacquered and stone objects, processed nuts, fished, hunted and moved materials through regional exchange.

Agent citation CIT-UNESCO-JOMONCIT-COLUMBIA-JAPAN Work, tools and exchange · 2 registered source URLs · registration is not semantic proof · audit HEM-AUDIT-20260812

Belief, ritual and worship

Figurines, stone arrangements, burials and deposits indicate varied ritual practices, but no single timeless Jomon religion can be reconstructed.

Agent citation CIT-UNESCO-JOMONCIT-COLUMBIA-JAPAN Belief, ritual and evidence limits · 2 registered source URLs · registration is not semantic proof · audit HEM-AUDIT-20260812

Historical geography

A dated anchor, not an exact border

The local map uses modern coastlines only for orientation. The marker identifies this record's geographic anchor, not the full reach of a community or polity.

Map geometry loads only when requested. Modern outlines are orientation only; historical geography and identities changed through time.

Agent citation CIT-UNESCO-JOMONCIT-COLUMBIA-JAPAN Historical-geography anchor and stated limits · 2 registered source URLs · registration is not semantic proof · audit HEM-AUDIT-20260812

Evidence register

Guides used for this record

Each registered source ID is paired with its institutional URL for independent checking. Source count is transparent, and duplicate URLs count only once.

CIT-UNESCO-JOMON

Jomon Prehistoric Sites in Northern Japan

https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1632/

UNESCO World Heritage Centre

CIT-COLUMBIA-JAPAN

Timeline of Japanese Historical Periods

https://afe.easia.columbia.edu/timelines/japan_timeline.htm

Asia for Educators, Columbia University

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