Table of Contents

Introduction and acknowledgements ;
Map of Japan ;
Paleolithic period (c. 35,000 − 15,000 BC) ;
Jōmon period (c. 15,000 − 300 BC) ;
Yayoi period (c. 900 BC − 250 AD) ;
Kofun period (c. 250 AD − 710 AD) ;
Asuka and Nara periods (c. 538 AD − 794 AD) ;
Accessories and ornaments ;
Archaeology in Japan: the past in the present ;
List of sites ;
Bibliography ;
Further reading ;
Figure credits ;
Plates images list

About the Author

Werner STEINHAUS is Lecturer in Archaeology at Hiroshima University and an Academic Associate at the Sainsbury Institute for the Study of Japanese Arts and Cultures. ;

Simon KANER is Executive Director of the Sainsbury Institute for the Study of Japanese Arts and Cultures (www.sainsbury-institute.org), where he is also Head of the Centre for Archaeology and Heritage, and Director of the Centre for Japanese Studies at the University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK. ;

Megumi JINNO is Chief Researcher of the Department of Palace Investigations at Nara National Research Institute for Cultural Properties in Japan. ;

Shinya SHODA is Head of the International Cooperation Section at Nara National Research Institute for Cultural Properties in Japan, and an Academic Associate at the Sainsbury Institute for the Study of Japanese Arts and Cultures, UK.