Are you in love, everyone? ??
Hasn't everyone been in love more or less in their lives so far?
Different times and cultures have different values and love affairs.
In the Heian period of the aristocratic society, the superiority and inferiority of the family was a big point in romance. During the Warring States period, when the battle between Japan and China was fought, political marriage was the norm for daimyo families.
Also, in order to keep the house alive with excellent offspring, the influential people were polygamous and allowed to have concubines.
It's such a love affair in Japan, but how was it in the Jomon period long ago?
So, today I would like to write about the life and love affairs of the Jomon people.
This article is based on the archaeological sites and excavated items found by excavation. ] Please note that it is within the imagination.
Jomon people's love affairs
It's a long time ago when you go to the Jomon people, and it's far beyond your imagination, so it's normal to think of a romantic situation. However, when you think about it, you are the same person as us, so you must have liked or cherished others.
According to one research result, the Jomon people had a culture of burial when a person died. With that in mind, it's not strange to like people at all.
In an article by Neanderthals, I wrote that DNA is inherited by modern humans, but it seems that the DNA of Jomon people is also inherited by 12% among us. If you think about it carefully, there is a history that people will continue to live in this Japanese archipelago, and it is because the men and women of the Jomon people, like us, have met and left offspring. I think it is.
In both the natural world and the human world, connecting the next life is the greatest mission that has been born in modern times.
However, it is not the case that the Jomon people crossed random men and women and left offspring. Even in the Jomon period, some people may say that it is random, but not all of them.
Love rules
It is said that a typical village in the Jomon period lived with about 15 to 20 people.
The composition was centered around relatives. Among them, it will be difficult for a young girl to fall in love. There may be forbidden romance between siblings and parents and children, but you should be aware of the various harmful effects of interacting with relatives.
Unless there is something special, it is thought that romance was taboo even in the village.
People in the Jomon period have more exchanges and trades in the archipelago than we think, and they are far from the Kurawa ruins on Hachijojima in the Izu Islands, mainly in the Kanto, Tokai, and Kinki regions. Aomori pottery has also been found.
People at that time were traveling on a small dugout canoe over the rough seas to the island.
Obsidian, which is a brand product of the revival of the Jomon people, is often produced in Nagano prefecture, and is often excavated from archaeological sites in the vicinity. Of course, not only things move, but people carry them, so it is possible that people from rural villages may go to the production areas and intrude, or people from the mailing shop may carry them. ..
In other words, there was a certain opportunity for people other than the village to come, so this is a great opportunity for men and women around the age to meet. They should have been hospitable, letting them stay for a long time, and having a child in love with the daughter of the village.
The first birth of Jomon people is around 18-19 years old
It is said that several other villages sometimes gathered in a large village called a base village to hold a festival. It is a well-known fact that festivals still have a unique uplifting feeling and love is easy to sprout.
At the festival, they dress up in sunny clothes and perform ceremonies, and then the young people disappear into the forest ...
This annual festival was also an important meeting place for the Jomon people. In this way, the village was maintained and grew larger with new blood from the outside.
According to researchers, the Jomon people's first birth may be between the ages of 18 and 19 in light of the current ethnic cases of hunter-gatherers.
Considering the nutritional status at that time, menarche is thought to be around 14 to 15 years old, and this first birth is a plausible number. Besides, when the menarche comes, if men and women don't get along well as mentioned above, there is no chance to get pregnant.
So how many people did you give birth in your lifetime? ??
It is thought that this was also about 4 to 6 people considering the ethnic cases.
It may have been born more in the middle of the Jomon period, when the nutritional status improved, but it is estimated that it was about this on average.
If you think that the average life expectancy at that time is around 40 years old, some people may end their lives with pregnancy and parenting all the time. Some may think that the mother was exhausted and died from raising children, but the children at that time were taking care of the younger child and taking the place of the mother. that's right.
It is possible that not only the siblings, but the entire village was taken care of as a child of society.
If there was a mother who gave birth to a child at the same time, I think she would have been able to accommodate breast milk. It was a Nagaya in the Edo period. If you go hunting or traveling and your father is absent, you have to cover it throughout the village.
It is said that this era, when men tended to be away from hunting and traveling, was supported by women. The wisdom of life was passed on from grandmother to mother and daughter. All the women raise their children, collect the blessings of the forest, and cook.
In some cases, they made earthenware, made clothes from plant fibers, and women supported most of their lives.
In modern times, it is said that even if the nuclear family is becoming more common and children are raised, it is said to be a self-help effort, but there is a limit.
The modern society of raising children is harsh, and when I see women who balance work and child-rearing, I feel that their homes will go down. Of course, I think there are men from Ikumen, but it is undeniable that the burden on women is heavy.
Isn't it possible to successfully incorporate the idea that children are children in the village and raised in society as a whole, as in the Jomon period? At that time, some researchers say that middle-aged men and women were busy working and took care of their children as elders.
It used to be the case in Japan until about 1955 and 1940, and that trend still remains in rural areas. In today's urban areas, there are some horizontal connections, if not exactly the same, and I think it is important to create a society where mutual cooperation can be achieved.