Yamazaki Shell Mound
山崎貝塚
Explore a large, horseshoe-shaped shell mound from Japan's prehistoric Jomon period.
What it is
- A horseshoe-shaped shell mound.
- Dates from the Middle to Late Jomon period.
- Designated a National Historic Site.
- First reported in 1892.
What to see
- A shell mound about 150 meters in diameter.
- Located on the Noda Hills.
- Excavations occurred in 1927.
- Jomon human bones unearthed since 1960.
- Twenty-two pit dwellings detected.
Notes written by Japan Gems from facts in Japanese Wikipedia.
Where it is
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