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Jōmon Prehistoric Sites in Northern Japan (北海道・北東北の縄文遺跡群) is a serial UNESCO World Heritage Site consisting of 17 Jōmon-period archaeological sites in Hokkaidō and northern Tōhoku, Japan. The Jōmon period lasted more than 10,000 years, representing "sedentary pre-agricultural lifeways and a complex spiritual ...
Archaeological discoveries with year of discovery missing (8 P) 0–9. 1446 archaeological discoveries (1 P) 1471 archaeological discoveries (1 P)
The Ōdai Yamamoto I Site (大平山元I遺跡, Ōdaiyamamoto ichi iseki) is a Jōmon archaeological site in the town of Sotogahama, Aomori Prefecture, in the Tōhoku region of northern Japan. Excavations in 1998 uncovered forty-six earthenware fragments which have been dated as early as 14,500 BC (ca 16,500 BP ); this places them among the ...
The Antokudai Site (安徳台遺跡) is an archaeological site with the traces of a Yayoi period settlement, located in the city of Nakagawa, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. The site was designated a National Historic Site of Japan in 2019.
The bells were often discovered in groups on a hillside buried with the weapons. [29] They are 0.2 to 1.2 m (7.9 in to 3 ft 11.2 in) tall and often decorated with geometric designs such as horizontal bands, flowing water patterns or spirals. [25] [29] A few bells feature the earliest Japanese depiction of people and animals.
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The Iwajuku site (岩宿遺跡, Iwajuku iseki) is an archaeological site located in what is now the Kasuke neighborhood of the city of Midori, Gunma Prefecture in the northern Kantō region of Japan with finds from the Japanese Paleolithic period. It received protection as a National Historic Site in 1979. [1]
The site was discovered in 1931, with detailed archaeological excavations taking place in 1946 and in 1951-1952. The larger circle, named the Manza (万座) circle, has a diameter of 46 metres and is the largest stone circle found in Japan. Several reconstructions of Jomon period dwellings have been built around the site. The slightly smaller ...