The Prehistory of Japan / / Gerard J. Groot; Bertram S. Kraus.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter CUP eBook Package Archive 1898-1999 (pre Pub)
• VerfasserIn: Groot, Gerard J.,
• TeilnehmendeR: Kraus, Bertram S.,
• Place / Publishing House: New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [1951]; ©1951
• Year of Publication: 1951
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Editor's Preface --; Author's Preface --; Contents --; Maps --; Figures, Tables, Plates --; I. Introduction --; II. The Relative Chronological Sequence of Jomon Pottery Types --; III. Geology and Relative Chronology in the Jomon Period --; IV. The Proto-Jomon Period --; V. The Early-Jomon Period --; VI. The Moroiso Culture --; VII. The Middle-Jomon Period --; VIII. The Later-Jomon Period --; IX. The Final-Jomon Period --; X. The Problem of the Identity of Jomon Man --; Appendix A: The Jomon Period and Absolute Chronology --; Appendix B: The Shouldered-Axe Culture in East Asia and Japan --; Appendix C: The Violin-Shaped Axe on Formosa --; Appendix D: Alphabetical List of Jomon Sites in Japan Correlated with List by Region, Province, and District --; Appendix E: List of Jomon Period Sites by Region, Province, and District --; Bibliography --; Plates --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9780231896450; 9783110442489
• DOI: 10.7312/groo93992
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Gerard J. Groot; Bertram S. Kraus.

Studies Japanese archaeology and interprets the discoveries by describing the various stages of the Japanese Stone Age and their relationships with foreign cultures.