Kitakogane Shell Mound
北黄金貝塚
Explore a large Jomon-era settlement with shell mounds and reconstructed dwellings, now a World Heritage site.
What it is
- A large Jomon period settlement site.
- Designated a National Historic Site in 1987.
- Became a World Cultural Heritage site in 2021.
- Preserved as Kitakogane Shell Mound Park.
What to see
- Five identified shell mounds.
- Excavated shells, fish bones, and marine mammal bones.
- Fourteen graves with buried human remains.
- Evidence of animal rituals with deer skulls.
- Reconstructed pit dwellings.
- A spring that served as a water source.
Notes written by Japan Gems from facts in Japanese Wikipedia.
Where it is
Kitakogane Shell Mound Open in Google Maps
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