Korekawa Site
Location | Hachinohe, Aomori, Japan |
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Region | Tōhoku region |
Coordinates | 40°28′32″N 141°29′18.1″E / 40.47556°N 141.488361°E |
Type | settlement, midden |
History | |
Founded | 3000 BC to 300 BC |
Periods | Jōmon period |
Site notes | |
Excavation dates | 1962, 1999-2004 |
Public access | Yes (Museum on site) |
The Korekawa Site (
Overview
[edit]The site consists of three locations: the Hotta Site (
The size of the settlement during the middle to late Jōmon period (3000-1000 BC) was relatively small, but the site included the residential area, graveyard, work area, garbage midden and ritual place.
The garbage midden contained the remnants of various shellfish, bones of animals and fish and an extremely large number of Japanese horse chestnuts and walnuts, indicating the importance of these nuts in the Jōmon period diet. Of especial note were lacquerware items, both of decoration and for strengthening and preserving tools, which suggest systematic lacquer tool production activities.[2]
The Nakai Site is also one of the type sites representing the Kamegaoka culture of the final phase of the Jōmon period (1000-300 BC).
Many of the artifacts recovered from the site are on display at the Hachinohe Archaeological Institution - Korekawa Jomon Kan (
The site has been submitted for inscription on the UNESCO World Heritage List as one of the Jōmon Archaeological Sites in Hokkaidō, Northern Tōhoku, and other regions[5][6]
See also
[edit]- List of Historic Sites of Japan (Aomori)
- Jōmon Archaeological Sites in Hokkaidō, Northern Tōhoku, and other regions
References
[edit]- ^ "
是川 石器 時代 遺跡 " [Korekawa sekki jidai isekii] (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved 12 June 2012. - ^ "Korekawa Site". Jomon Archaeological Sites in Hokkaido and Northern Tohoku. Jomon Japan. 2015. Retrieved 23 December 2016.
- ^ "
青森 県 是川 遺跡 出土 品 " [Aomori-ken Korekawa iseki shitsudohiniseki] (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved 12 March 2020. - ^ "
土偶 (青森 県 八戸 市 風張 1遺跡 出土 )". Aomori Prefectural Government. Aomori Prefecture. 2013. Retrieved 23 February 2020. - ^ "Jômon Archaeological Sites in Hokkaidô, Northern Tôhoku, and other regions". UNESCO. Retrieved 19 June 2012.
- ^ 「
北海道 ・北東 北 を中心 とした縄文 遺跡 群 」の世界 文化 遺産 登録 をめざして [Towards World Heritage Inscription of "Jōmon Archaeological Sites in Hokkaidō, Northern Tōhoku, and other regions"] (in Japanese). Hokkaidō Government Board of Education. Archived from the original on 8 May 2013. Retrieved 9 November 2013.