Noteworthy Archaeological Sites

Minamisanriku, Miyagi Prefecture

Izumi, Ōsaka Prefecture

Takasaki City, Gunma Prefecture

Matsubara City, Ōsaka Prefecture

Kazo City, Saitama Prefecture

Fukuchiyama City, Kyoto Prefecture

Funabashi City, Chiba Prefecture

Kurayoshi City, Tottori Prefecture

Shichinohe Town, Aomori Prefecture

Shibukawa City, Gunma Prefecture

Obane Abandoned Temple Site

Shingū City, Wakayama Prefecture

Minato Ward, Tokyo Prefecture

Amagi Town, Kag

Abiko City, Chiba Prefecture

Kusu Town, Ōita Prefecture

Iwaoshi, Takasaki City, Gunma Prefecture

Taku City, Saga Prefecture

Takatori Town, Nara Prefecture

Yonezawa City, Yamagata Prefecture

Agano City, Niigata Prefecture

Komatsu City, Ishikawa Prefecture

Sakai City, Osaka Prefecture

Fuji City, Shizuoka Prefecture

Takasaki City, Gunma Prefecture

Nanbu Town, Aomori Prefecture

Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture

Ōkuma Town, Fukushima Prefecture

Namie Town, Fukushima Prefecture

Naganohara Town, Gunma Prefecture

Tottori City, Tottori Prefecture

Okayama City, Okayama Prefecture

Kinkō Town, Kagoshima Prefecture

Nishimeya Village, Aomori Prefecture

Shisui Town, Chiba Prefecture

Special Collection

Kokubunji City and Fuchū City, Tokyo Prefecture

Shibukawa City, Gunma Prefecture

Kasuga City, Fukuoka Prefecture

Tsunan Town, Niigata Prefecture

Ōsaki Town, Kagoshima Prefecture

Izen Town, Kagoshima Prefecture

Sōja City, Okayama Prefecture

Abiko City, Chiba Prefecture

Atsuma Town, Hokkaido Prefecture

Kaiyō Town, Mugi Town, Minami Town, Anan City, Naka Town, Komatsujima City, Tokushima City, Matsushige Town, Tokushima Prefecture

Special Report

Countless large pits on a steep slope—what is their true nature?

Esashi Town, Hokkaido Prefecture

A hunting camp of the Paleolithic period is revealed from excellent deposits of materials

Obsidian quarrying methods of the Early and Final Jōmon periods become clear!

A core settlement that prospered from making quality stone axes!

Various means of livelihood of the Yayoi period are thrown into relief

An ancient clothes iron is found, only the 11th example nationwide!

A hoard of coins is found at a huge rampart-encircled mansion

A male clay figurine, rare on a nationwide scale, is recovered

Recovery after the disaster of volcanic eruption

Soil strata show traces of three tsunamis, conveying history and its lessons to future generations.

As many as 27 Jōmon period pit buildings stood lined up in cramped fashion.

Reconstruction after the Great East Japan Earthquake and buried cultural properties protection

Mysterious, unknown facilities are discovered at an Important Cultural Property building!

The history of Echizen ware, a traditional Japanese craft item, becomes more concrete through new discoveries of kiln sites.

New discoveries of features and artifacts follow one after another! A prime Japanese example of an ancient city site.

A nationwide first! From a large-scale tomb in ancient Shimotsuke province, two haniwa depicting women weaving cloth are recovered.

At a dōtaku-producing village, a vase with a dōtaku design is@newly discovered.

One of the largest shell middens on the Japan Sea side; 91 human skeletons are discovered, the largest number nationwide!

A rock shelter that witnessed the change in culture from the Upper Paleolithic to the Jōmon periods