People / group

Satsumon culture

c. 7th–13th centuries · 7th century

The Satsumon culture was a culture of Hokkaido from about the 7th to the 13th century, named after its pottery with brushed surfaces. Its people lived in pit houses, fished for salmon, grew millet and traded with Honshu for iron tools. It absorbed influences from the Okhotsk culture and developed into the Ainu culture.

Satsumon culture
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Ainu chiefdoms

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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Satsumon culture. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/satsumon-culture
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