Noteworthy Archaeological Sites, Issue 2011
Miyanoue:
Large-scale tool production at a rich source of stone material
Minamikyūshū City, Kagoshima Prefecture
Aidani Kumahara Site:
One of the oldest clay figurines for Japan, with well developed breasts
Higashiōmi City, Shiga Prefecture
Isshiki Aokai:
One of the largest settlements on the Nōbi plain for the latter part of the Middle Yayoi.
Inazawa City, Aichi Prefecture
Hazaike:
The grave of a leading family in Sue ware production ?
Matsuyama City, Ehime Prefecture
Yokodaidō:
Large-scale iron smelting features
Minamisōma City, Fukushima Prefecture
Kawanishi:
Large-scale Medieval piled-stone shore edging
Tokushima City, Tokushima Prefecture
Osaka Castle Wall Stone Quarry Remains:
A great civil engineering project imposed on daimyo
Scattered from the Inland to the Genkai Seas
Sado Kinginzan Site:
Introducing the latest Western technology just after the Meiji Restoration
Sado City, Niigata Prefecture
The above contents were selected from Hakkutsu sareta Nihon rettō 2011 [Excavations in the Japanese Archipelago, 2011] (Bunkachō [Agency for Cultural Affairs], ed., Asahi Shimbun Publications, 2011), 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.
