Noteworthy Archaeological Sites, Issue 2013
Jizōdaira:
Stone tools for hunting are recovered in great numbers above and below AT
Saga City, Saga Prefecture
Midorikawa Higashi:
Four large-scale stone rods laid in a row are recovered from the center of a
stone-paved feature
Kunitachi City, Tokyo Prefecture
Nishi kawatsu:
A core settlement from the Early to the Late periods
Matsue City, Shimane Prefecture
Haniwa from Imperial Mausolea
Toriimatsu:
Excavation of river remains extends the range of the Iba ancient government office site eastward
Hamamatsu City, Shizuoka Prefecture
Bizen Ware Kiln Site Group:
Changes from the Heian to Early Modern periods known from excavations
Bizen City, Okayama Prefecture
Reconstruction and Buried Cultural
Properties
Protection after the Great East Japan Earthquake
Sannō Site:
Features going back to an ancient city
Tagajō City, Miyagi Prefecture
Ōshimizu B and Sawairi B Sites:
Discovery of iron smelting furnaces of the Heian period
Shinchi Town, Fukushima Prefecture
The above contents were selected from Hakkutsu sareta Nihon rettō 2013 [Excavations in the Japanese Archipelago, 2013] (Bunkachō [Agency for Cultural Affairs], ed., Asahi Shimbun Publications, 2013)., 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.
