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Pit Houses and Villages

People in the Jōmon period lived in houses called pit dwellings (tateana jūkyo).

They were built by digging the ground out a little, setting up pillars in the hollow, and putting a roof on top.

The roofs were covered with grass, tree bark, earth, and the like.

In the middle of the house there was a hearth where a fire was kept burning.

The fire in the hearth was used for cooking, for keeping warm, and for light.

It is thought that a family of about four or five people lived in each house.

Several houses gathered together to form a village, that is, a settlement.

Some villages had a plaza in the center, with houses and graves lined up around it in a ring.

A village in which the houses are lined up in a ring like this is called a ring-shaped settlement (kanjō shūraku).

People in the Paleolithic period moved from place to place, following animals.

When the Jōmon period began, food became plentiful, and people came to live in the same place for a long time.

This is called settled life (teijū).

Settled life greatly changed the way people lived.

However, depending on the season, they sometimes went to the mountains or the sea to gather food.

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