Noteworthy Archaeological Sites, Issue 2021

Amagi Town, Kag

Abiko City, Chiba Prefecture

Kusu Town, Ōita Prefecture

Iwaoshi, Takasaki City, Gunma Prefecture

Taku City, Saga Prefecture

Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture

Nanbu Town, Aomori Prefecture

Takasaki City, Gunma Prefecture

Fuji City, Shizuoka Prefecture

Sakai City, Osaka Prefecture

Komatsu City, Ishikawa Prefecture

Agano City, Niigata Prefecture

Shisui Town, Chiba Prefecture

Nishimeya Village, Aomori Prefecture

Kinkō Town, Kagoshima Prefecture

Okayama City, Okayama Prefecture

Tottori City, Tottori Prefecture

Naganohara Town, Gunma Prefecture

Namie Town, Fukushima Prefecture

Ōkuma Town, Fukushima Prefecture

Ōsaki Town, Kagoshima Prefecture

Tsunan Town, Niigata Prefecture

Kasuga City, Fukuoka Prefecture

Shibukawa City, Gunma Prefecture

Kokubunji City and Fuchū City, Tokyo Prefecture

Special Collection

Esashi Town, Hokkaido Prefecture

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

Special Report

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

Atsuma Town, Hokkaido Prefecture

Abiko City, Chiba Prefecture

Sōja City, Okayama Prefecture

Izen Town, Kagoshima Prefecture

Recovery after the disaster of volcanic eruption

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

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

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

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

A core settlement that prospered from making quality stone axes!

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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