Regional variations in the demographic response to the arrival of rice farming in prehistoric Japan
Year: 2024
Type: article
Abstract: Rice agriculture was brought to Japan during the first millennium BC by migrant communities of farmers from the Korean peninsula. Substantial geographic variation is observed in the uptake of this new subsistence economy, reflecting different forms of interaction between farmers and foragers. Here, the authors analyse a combination of settlement and radiocarbon data to determine the extent to which these different forms of interaction led to regional variations in population growth rate. Their results confirm the presence of different trajectories of growth, providing new insights into the diversity of demographic processes during the earliest stages of farming in Japan.
Source: Antiquity
Language: English
Subfield: Paleontology
Field: Earth and Planetary Sciences
Domain: Physical Sciences
SDG: Zero hunger
Open Access status: hybrid
Estimated APC paid: $3,450
Awards: G2058822584, Biomolecular Archaeological Approaches to Culinary Changes during the Transition to Farming in Northeast Asia, Demography, Cultural change, and the Diffusion of Rice and Millet during the Jomon-Yayoi transition in prehistoric Japan, Multifaceted elucidation of ancient food in eastern Eurasia and diseases from the viewpoint of nutritional value, G467400399
OpenAlex ID: W4402810328