Noteworthy Archaeological Sites, Issue 2005
Tamukai Hiyamizu:
A stone tool production site of Upper Paleolithic man
Tamukai Hiyamizu Site, Hachinohe City, Aomori Prefecture
Shōfukuji:
Large quantities of acorns and woven basketry unearthed from a waterside site
Shōfukuji Site, Kurume City, Fukuoka Prefecture
Terashita:
An inland shell midden is investigated
Terashita Site, Hashikami Town, Aomori Prefecture
Yoshinogari:
An Early Han Dynasty bronze mirror is recovered from the seal of a burial jar's lid
Yoshinogari Site, Kanzaki Town/Mitagawa Town/Higashi Seburi Village, Saga Prefecture
Suyama:
A large-scale keyhole-shaped mounded tomb
Suyama Tomb, Kōryō Town, Nara Prefecture
Kitora:
Gorgeous murals grace the tomb's interior
Kitora Tomb, Asuka Village, Nara Prefecture
Hōryūji Wakakusagaran Ruins:
A small mural fragment closes a hundred-year debate
Hōryūji Wakakusagaran Ruins, Ikaruga Town, Nara Prefecture
Magome:
The first reconstruction nationwide of two seven-storied ceramic miniature pagodas
Magome Site, Inzai City, Chiba Prefecture
Jingamine:
A fortified residence from the end of the Heian period
Jingamine Castle Site, Aizubange Town, Fukushima Prefecture
Nihonbashi Nichōme, Kyōbashi Nichōme, Nihonbashi Itchōme:
Edo period Kabuki tickets recovered
Nihonbashi Nichōme, Kyōbashi Nichōme, and Nihonbashi Itchōme Sites, Chūō Ward, Tokyo
The above contents were selected from Hakkutsu sareta Nihon rettō 2005 [Excavations in the Japanese Archipelago, 2005] (Bunkacho [Agency for Cultural Affairs], ed., Asahi Shimbunsha, 2005), 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 10, 2006.)
