Jomon Society

The Jomon Society was a prehistoric culture in Japan, existing around 14,000 to 300 BCE. Named after their distinctive cord-marked pottery, they were hunter-gatherers who relied on fishing, foraging, and small-scale hunting for food. They developed complex tools, early ceramics, and settled communities, indicating a relatively advanced and organized society for their time. The Jomon people also created various art objects and practiced rituals, reflecting social and spiritual aspects of their culture. Their society provides insight into early Japanese history and showcases a society that balanced subsistence with cultural development long before agricultural societies emerged.