Editing Tottori Prefecture (section)

===Early history===
Tottori Prefecture was settled very early in the prehistoric period of Japan, as evidenced by remains from the [[Jōmon period]] (14,000 &ndash; 300 BC).<ref name="encyclopedia-japan">{{cite encyclopedia | encyclopedia = Encyclopedia of Japan | title = Tottori Prefecture | url = http://rekishi.jkn21.com/ | access-date = 2012-04-07 | year = 2012 | publisher = Shogakukan | location = Tokyo | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070825113418/http://rekishi.jkn21.com/ | archive-date = 2007-08-25 }}</ref> The prefecture has the remains of the largest known [[Yayoi period]] (300 BC &ndash; 250 AD) settlement in Japan, the [[Mukibanda Yayoi remains]], located in the low [[foothill]]s of [[Mount Daisen]]<ref>[http://www.japan-i.jp/explorejapan/chugoku/tottori/yonago-daisen/d8jk7l000002t1q0.html Muki-Banda Remains] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20120904072652/http://www.japan-i.jp/explorejapan/chugoku/tottori/yonago-daisen/d8jk7l000002t1q0.html |date=2012-09-04 }}</ref> in the cities of [[Daisen, Tottori|Daisen]] and [[Yonago, Tottori|Yonago]].<ref name="chimei">{{cite encyclopedia | encyclopedia = Nihon Rekishi Chimei Taikei (日本歴史地名大系) | title = Mukibanda-iseki (妻木晩田遺跡) | url = http://rekishi.jkn21.com/ | access-date = 2012-04-07 | year = 2012 | publisher = Shogakukan | location = Tokyo | language = ja | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070825113418/http://rekishi.jkn21.com/ | archive-date = 2007-08-25 }}</ref> Numerous [[kofun]] tumuli from the [[Kofun period]] (250 &ndash; 538) are located across the prefecture.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia | encyclopedia = Encyclopedia of Japan | title = Tottori Plain | url = http://rekishi.jkn21.com/ | access-date = 2012-04-07 | year = 2012 | publisher = Shogakukan | location = Tokyo | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070825113418/http://rekishi.jkn21.com/ | archive-date = 2007-08-25 }}</ref> In 645, under the [[Taika reforms]], the area in present-day Tottori Prefecture became two provinces, [[Hōki Province|Hōki]] and [[Inaba Province|Inaba]].<ref>Nussbaum, "Provinces and prefectures" in {{Google books|p2QnPijAEmEC|p. 780|page=780}}.</ref>