The Prehistoric Japanese Pt 1 - Ep 69

This week, it’s a sponsored episode (thanks Elizabeth!) and part one in a two-part series on ancient Japan. This week—the Jomon, prehistoric Japanese hunter-gatherers, and their descendants, the Ainu indigenous people. Also, some bears.

Links

• Spotlight on Research: What Can Archaeology Tell Us About the Prehistory of the Japanese Islands? (Hokkaido University)

• The Untold Story of Japan’s First People (Sapiens)

• A-hunting we will go! (Heritage of Japan)

• Tattooing Among Japan’s Ainu People (Lars Krutak)

• Ainu Decorative Needlework (TRC Leiden)

• 20 Vintage Portraits of Japanese Ainu Women With Their Traditional Tattooed Lips (Heritage Daily)

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