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==='''Shell Mound Period''' (c. 10,000 BCE - c. 1000 CE)=== | ==='''Shell Mound Period''' (c. 10,000 BCE - c. 1000 CE)=== | ||
| − | *c. | + | *c. 7000 BCE - 300 BCE - Early Shell Mound Period<ref>Shell Mound periodization from [[Richard Pearson]], ''Ancient Ryukyu'', University of Hawaii Press (2013), 3.</ref> |
| − | *c. | + | *c. 300 BCE - 1000 CE - Late Shell Mound Period |
| − | *c. | + | **Hunter-gatherer subsistence society until c. 800 CE |
| − | *c. | + | **Beginnings of agricultural subsistence c. 800 CE |
| + | **Shell exchanges from c. 600 BCE to 1200 CE | ||
==='''Gusuku Period''' (1100s-[[1429]])=== | ==='''Gusuku Period''' (1100s-[[1429]])=== | ||
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==References== | ==References== | ||
*Suzuki Kakichi, et al. "Ryukyuan Architecture: Its History and Features," ''Okinawa bijutsu zenshû'' 沖縄美術全集, vol 5, Okinawa Times (1989), 89. | *Suzuki Kakichi, et al. "Ryukyuan Architecture: Its History and Features," ''Okinawa bijutsu zenshû'' 沖縄美術全集, vol 5, Okinawa Times (1989), 89. | ||
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[[Category:Ryukyu]] | [[Category:Ryukyu]] | ||
[[Category:Resource Articles]] | [[Category:Resource Articles]] | ||
| + | [[Category:Historical Periods]] | ||
Latest revision as of 18:53, 24 March 2014
The periods of Okinawan history are divided up differently from those of Japan.
Paleolithic Period (ends c. 10,000 BCE)
Shell Mound Period (c. 10,000 BCE - c. 1000 CE)
- c. 7000 BCE - 300 BCE - Early Shell Mound Period[1]
- c. 300 BCE - 1000 CE - Late Shell Mound Period
- Hunter-gatherer subsistence society until c. 800 CE
- Beginnings of agricultural subsistence c. 800 CE
- Shell exchanges from c. 600 BCE to 1200 CE
Gusuku Period (1100s-1429)
Marked by emergence of the anji (local chieftains/lords), construction of gusuku (fortresses), and introduction of pottery and porcelain technologies from China.
- 1187-1259 - Shunten Dynasty
- 1260 - c. 1354 - Eiso Dynasty
- 1314-1429 - Sanzan Period (Okinawa Island is divided into three kingdoms: Nanzan, Chûzan, and Hokuzan)
Kingdom Period (1429-1879)
Okinawa Island is united under the Ryûkyû Kingdom, and expands to incorporate much of the rest of the Ryûkyû Islands
- 1406-1469 - First Shô Dynasty
- 1469-1879 - Second Shô Dynasty
- 1609-1872 - Period under Satsuma han
- 1872-1879 - Ryûkyû han
Modern Period (1879 - present)
Incorporation into modern state of Japan as Okinawa Prefecture.
- 1879-1912 - Meiji Period
- 1912-1945 - Pre-war & World War II
- 1945-1972 - US Occupation
- 1972 - present - Reversion
Periodization in Sakishima
Archaeologists have divided the historical periods somewhat differently for the Miyako and Yaeyama Islands.
- Shell Mound Period prior to earthenware
- Shell Mound Period after introduction of earthenware
- Third Period (13th-15th centuries)
- Fourth Period (16th-17th centuries)
- Ryûkyû Kingdom Period
- Modern Period
References
- Suzuki Kakichi, et al. "Ryukyuan Architecture: Its History and Features," Okinawa bijutsu zenshû 沖縄美術全集, vol 5, Okinawa Times (1989), 89.
- ↑ Shell Mound periodization from Richard Pearson, Ancient Ryukyu, University of Hawaii Press (2013), 3.
