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  2. Ōdai Yamamoto I Site - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  3. Jōmon Prehistoric Sites in Northern Japan - Wikipedia

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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 ...

  4. List of National Treasures of Japan (archaeological materials)

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    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.

  5. Sannai-Maruyama Site - Wikipedia

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    The Sannai-Maruyama Site is the centerpiece of the Jōmon Prehistoric Sites in Northern Japan, a group of Jōmon period archaeological sites in Hokkaidō and northern Tōhoku that was recommended by Japan in 2020 for inclusion to the UNESCO World Heritage List, under criteria iii and iv.

  6. Japanese Paleolithic - Wikipedia

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    A very important such layer is the AT (Aira-Tanzawa) pumice, which covered all Japan around 21,000–22,000 years ago. In 2000, the reputation of Japanese archaeology of the Paleolithic was heavily damaged by a scandal, which has become known as the Japanese Paleolithic hoax.

  7. Category:Archaeological discoveries in Japan - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "Archaeological discoveries in Japan" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. D.

  8. Iwajuku Site - Wikipedia

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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]

  9. Minatogawa Man - Wikipedia

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    In one of the mandibles, the two median incisors had been knocked out at the same time, well before death—a custom that is known to have been practiced by the Jōmon people. [3] Geologists have estimated that the fissure was created by an uplifting that bent and fractured the limestone rock layers, more than 100,000 years ago.