🇯🇵 Japan · Ancient village
Shimoyakebe
Late Jomon 3000–500 BCE → Yayoi 400 BCE–300 CE (paddy) · Jomon → Yayoi (Kanto lowland)
Waterlogged Yayoi lowland at Shimoyakebe — paddy wooden tools and chestnut pits in peat (3000 BCE–300 CE).
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🇯🇵 Japan · Ancient village
Late Jomon 3000–500 BCE → Yayoi 400 BCE–300 CE (paddy) · Jomon → Yayoi (Kanto lowland)
Waterlogged Yayoi lowland at Shimoyakebe — paddy wooden tools and chestnut pits in peat (3000 BCE–300 CE).
🇯🇵 Japan · Ancient village
Jomon Late c.3000 BCE → Yayoi Early–Middle 500 BCE–100 CE → Edo overburden · Jomon → Yayoi (Tokyo Hongō branch)
Tokyo's Yayoi name-bearer extended — Yayoi 2-chome Oishi precinct on Hongō (1884 Yagi, Yayoi type).
🇯🇵 Japan · Ancient village
Jomon Final 1000 BCE → Yayoi Incipient 930–600 BCE → Yayoi Early 600 BCE–100 CE · Jomon–Yayoi rice transition (Saga plain)
Japan's earliest rice contender (930–600 BCE) at Nabatake Karatsu — paddy bunds 2×1.5 m with incipient rice and ard-marks vs Itatsuke debate.
🇯🇵 Japan · Ancient village
Yayoi Early 300 BCE → Middle Yayoi 300 CE · Yayoi Sanyo — Ongagawa Yayoi with Mumun immigration
Teraji Okayama Settlement — Yayoi moated paddy village (300 BCE–300 CE) on Ashimori River terrace 15 km west Okayama, Sanyo Inland Sea plain, excavated 1990s.
🇨🇾 Cyprus · Archaeological wonder
Yayoi (300 BCE–300 CE) · Yayoi
Grotto Archaeological Complex in Paphos District, Cyprus is a Yayoi (300 BCE–300 CE) archaeological wonder attributed to Yayoi culture.
🇯🇵 Japan · Ancient village
Yayoi 300 BCE–300 CE (Early–Middle–Late) → Kofun transition · Yayoi (Sea of Japan coastal)
Sea of Japan Yayoi paddy village (300 BCE–300 CE) at Tawayama near Tottori — 150 m ring ditch with Izumo trade horizon.
🇺🇸 United States · Submerged site
Yayoi (300 BCE–300 CE) · Yayoi
Sunken City off Burn Dhara in Ohio, United States is a Yayoi (300 BCE–300 CE) submerged city attributed to Yayoi culture.
🇵🇰 Pakistan · Pyramid
Yayoi (300 BCE–300 CE) · Yayoi
Crag Gateway Pyramid in Balochistan, Pakistan is a Yayoi (300 BCE–300 CE) pyramid attributed to Yayoi culture.
🇯🇵 Japan · Ancient city
Yayoi 300 BCE–300 CE (Ikikoku under Wei Zhi Wa federation) · Yayoi Iki–Tsushima maritime (Wa – Wei Himiko federation)
Wei Zhi Ikikoku maritime capital (300 BCE–300 CE) at Harunotsuji Iki — 100 ha with 2 km moat, 47 Han mirrors and plaza warehouse.
🇨🇱 Chile · Hillfort
Yayoi (300 BCE–300 CE) · Yayoi
Tre-Fell Hillfort in Coquimbo, Chile is a Yayoi (300 BCE–300 CE) hillfort attributed to Yayoi culture.
🇸🇩 Sudan · Pyramid
Yayoi (300 BCE–300 CE) · Yayoi
Black-Lake Pyramid in River Nile State, Sudan is a Yayoi (300 BCE–300 CE) pyramid attributed to Yayoi culture.
🇧🇴 Bolivia · Quarry
Yayoi (300 BCE–300 CE) · Yayoi
Grey Mine in Oruro, Bolivia is a Yayoi (300 BCE–300 CE) quarry attributed to Yayoi culture. Systematically investigated through ground-penetrating radar and fieldwalking, it presents a fortified…
🇲🇲 Myanmar · Quarry
Yayoi (300 BCE–300 CE) · Yayoi
Quarry of Varna-Ring in Magway Region, Myanmar is a Yayoi (300 BCE–300 CE) quarry attributed to Yayoi culture.
🇯🇵 Japan · Megalith
Yayoi (300 BCE–100 CE) · Yayoi Kumamoto
Aso dolmen terrace excavated 1960s, Yayoi jar coffins and bronze imports under dolmen cists.
🇯🇵 Japan · Ancient village
Yayoi Early 300 BCE → Middle 100 BCE → Late 100–300 CE → Kofun transition · Yayoi (Yamato central chiefdom)
Yamato 42 ha double-moated Yayoi town (300 BCE–300 CE) at Karako–Kagi — 1.8 km moat with 107 houses and 70 Dotaku molds.