Noteworthy Archaeological Sites, Issue 2008
Iwami Ginzan Silver Mine:
World Heritage Site
Iwami Ginzan, Ota city, Shimane prefecture
Takamatsuzuka:
Special Historic Site
Takamatsuzuka Tomb, Asuka village, Nara prefecture
Tarō Mizuno No. 2:
Only completed stone tools are found. A Paleolithic camp site?
Tarō Mizuno 2 site, Kaneyama town, Yamagata prefecture
Kiyotake Kami Inoharu:
Fourteen pit dwellings of the Incipient Jōmon.
Kami Inoharu site, Kiyotake town, Miyazaki prefecture
Sakura no baba:
A kingly grave of Matsuro is rediscovered after sixty-three years.
Sakura no baba site, Karatsu city, Saga prefecture
Hirota:
Historic Site. A relay point on the “shell route.”
Hirota site, Minamitane town, Kagoshima prefecture
Tomori Matsunoto:
Bewitching shells emerge from the white dunes.
Tomori Matsunoto site, Amami city, Kagoshima prefecture
Shiotsukō:
A harbor on the north coast of Lake Biwa.
Shiotsukō site, Nishiazai town, Shiga prefecture
Osaka Castle:
The remains of a Toyotomi family feast?
Osaka-jō, Osaka city, Osaka prefecture
The above contents were selected from Hakkutsu sareta Nihon rettō 2008 [Excavations in the Japanese Archipelago, 2008] (Bunkacho [Agency for Cultural Affairs], ed., Asahi Shimbunsha, 2008),translated and prepared for presentation on this website by the International Exchange Committee of the Japanese Archaeological Association (Tokyo, Japan). All photos are used with permission of the organizations in charge of the respective excavations. (This page issued November 21, 2008.)
