Earliest times to 4000 BCE: The Beginnings of Human Society
ca. 460,000 to 220,000 BCE
"Peking Man" Neolithic China, Yangshao
ca. 10,000 to 2,000 BCE
Paleolithic and Neolithic Japan, Jomon
ca. 50,000 to 300 BCE
Neolithic Korea
ca. 7,000 to 900 BCE
Neolithic Southeast Asia
ca. 7,000 to 1,500
Mesolithic & Neolithic South Asia, Indus Valley / Early Harappan
ca. 9,000 to 1,000 BCE
JAPAN >4000 BCE
ca. 50,000 to 12,000 BCE
• Early Japan (50,000 BC - 710 AD) [About Japan: A Teacher's Resource]
An overview of Japanese history from 50,000 BCE to 710 CE. Includes two paragraphs about the Paleolithic Period and a longer section about the subsequent Jomon Period.
ca. 10,500 to 300 BCE
• Jomon Culture [Timeline of Art History, The Metropolitan Museum of Art]
A general overview of the Jomon period and its six phases. With seven related artifacts from the period.
