Ancient Japan
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Ancient Japan is a term used for the early periods of Japanese history. Depending on the historian, it includes or excludes the Japanese Paleolithic (Stone Age, 100,000 BC – 10,000 BC), as well as the Jomon (10,000 BC – 300 BC) and Yayoi (900 BC – AD 300) periods, which are named after the place near Tokyo where the first sherds of pottery from this time period were found, and the Kofun (c AD 250–538) period, named after the giant tumulus royal tombs of the period.
These periods are followed by what is also called Classical Japan, Asuka, Nara and Heian periods, when Buddhism and much Chinese culture were introduced.
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- Imamura, Keiji (1996). "Prehistoric Japan." Honolulu: U of Hawaii Press
