Noteworthy Archaeological Sites, Issue 2004

PalaeolithicShirataki:
An overwhelming volume of refitted materials revealing the very breath of Paleolithic man

Shirataki Site Group, Shirataki Village, Hokkaido

Jomon Kakura:
A circular settlement dotted with large-scale dwellings

Kakura Shell Midden, Tsukidate Town, Miyagi Prefecture

Yayoi Asahi:
The moat abandoned, the settlement transformed at the start of the 2nd century

Asahi Site, Kiyosu Town, Aichi Prefecture

Kofun Imashirozuka:
Possibly the mausoleum of Emperor Keitai, yielding large quantities of huge haniwa

Imashirozuka Tomb, Takatsuki City, Osaka Prefecture

Antiquity Kōrokan:
A guesthouse for ancient diplomacy is revealed in its entirety

Kōrokan Remains, Fukuoka City, Fukuoka Prefecture

medieval Darumaji:
A stone stupa deposited upright, a new facet of Medieval Buddhist relic belief

Darumaji Temple, Ōji Town, Nara Prefecture

Modern Dejima Oranda Shōkan:
Western style pistol and bullets recovered together from the front line of foreign diplomacy in the Edo period

Dejima Oranda Shōkan Remains, Nagasaki City, Nagasaki Prefecture

The above contents were selected from Hakkutsu sareta Nihon rettō 2004 [Excavations in the Japanese Archipelago, 2004] (Bunkacho [Agency for Cultural Affairs], ed., Asahi Shimbunsha, 2004), and prepared for presentation on this website by the Committee for International Relations 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 March 31, 2005.)

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