Yayoi people

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The Yayoi people were an ancient population of the Japanese archipelago, known for introducing wet-rice agriculture, metalworking, and other key cultural and technological advances during Japan’s Yayoi period (c. 300 BCE–300 CE).

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Yayoi people canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient population ⓘ
archaeological culture ⓘ
ethnic group ⓘ
ancestralTo Yamato people (partial) ⓘ
linked to: Yamato people

modern Japanese population (partial) ⓘ
archaeologicalSiteType burial mounds ⓘ
moated hilltop settlements ⓘ
paddy fields ⓘ
associatedWith Yayoi period ⓘ
contrastedWith Jomon hunter-gatherers ⓘ
linked to: Jomon people
country Japan ⓘ
culture Yayoi culture ⓘ
linked to: Yayoi period
economy fishing and hunting ⓘ
millet cultivation ⓘ
wet-rice agriculture ⓘ
engagedIn long-distance trade ⓘ
warfare between communities ⓘ
wet-field irrigation ⓘ
expandedTo eastern Honshu ⓘ
linked to: northern Honshū

western Honshu ⓘ
linked to: southwestern Honshu
followedBy Kofun-period people ⓘ
geneticComponent East Asian farmer ancestry ⓘ
knownFor bronze technology ⓘ
dolmen-like stone burials ⓘ
introduction of wet-rice agriculture ⓘ
iron technology ⓘ
jar burials ⓘ
large raised-floor granaries ⓘ
metalworking ⓘ
moated settlements ⓘ
paddy-field rice cultivation ⓘ
settled village life ⓘ
social stratification ⓘ
languageFamily Japonic languages ⓘ
locatedIn Honshu ⓘ
Japanese archipelago ⓘ
Kyushu ⓘ
migratedTo northern Kyushu ⓘ
notableSite Toro site ⓘ
Yoshinogari site ⓘ
partOf history of Japan ⓘ
possibleOrigin Korean Peninsula ⓘ
Yangtze River basin ⓘ
mainland East Asia ⓘ
precededBy Jomon people ⓘ
produced bronze bells ⓘ
bronze mirrors ⓘ
bronze weapons ⓘ
distinctive Yayoi pottery ⓘ
iron tools ⓘ
region northern Kyushu core area ⓘ
western Japan ⓘ
religion animistic beliefs ⓘ
ritual use of bronze bells ⓘ
timePeriod Iron Age ⓘ
c. 300 BCE–300 CE ⓘ
usedMaterial bronze ⓘ
iron ⓘ
pottery ⓘ

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Koreans → relatedEthnicGroup → Yayoi people ⓘ