Correspondence

摘要

It needs to be noted that while the Kikai-Akahoya eruption caused disruption and devastation to the Jomon hunter-gatherers residing on the island of Kyushu and ones possibly residing in the southwestern part of Honshu, it did not bring an end to the Jomon culture in Japan, nor even in Kyushu for that matter. The Jomon culture continued to flourish in the Japanese archipelago until sometime between 800 and 300 BC (Habu, 2004, pp. 37-42; Imamura, 1996, pp. 127-177). The end of the Jomon culture and era is marked by the appearance of metal tools and weapons, rice agriculture, domesticated animals (other than the dog), new settlement patterns, new styles of pottery, and an influx of population groups from the East Asian continent (Hammer et al., 2006; Imamura, 1996, pp. 127-177).