Hierarchy classification:

1. top of the aat hierarchies
2. Styles and Periods Facet
3. Styles and Periods (hierarchy name)
4. [styles, periods, and cultures by region]
5. Asian
6. East Asian
7. Japanese (culture or style)
8. Japanese Prehistoric
9. Jōmon

Anotations

Scope note:

Refers to the phase of the Jōmon period from around 1000 to 300 BCE, that saw the development of elaborate pottery, notably the Kamegaoka-typer style along the Pacific Coast, that strongly suggest contact with western Japan and the Korean penninsula.