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Yokomine Site

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This site showcases one of western Japan's largest Jomon settlements, featuring ancient artifacts and replica shelters.

Yokomine Site
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What it is

  • Site of one of the largest Jomon settlements in western Japan.
  • Dates back 3,500 to 4,000 years.
  • Discovered in 1971 by a teenager farming.
  • Exhibit of excavated implements established by volunteers.

What to see

  • Permanent exhibit of excavated stone implements and pottery.
  • Authentic replicas of Jomon shelters on the site.

In detail

Harumaki is the site of one of the largest known Jomon settlements in western Japan, dating back 3,500 to 4,000 years. The Yokomine site was discovered in 1971 when a teenager unearthed stone implements and pottery while farming. Formal analyses were conducted from 1985 and continued off and on until 2002. In 2014, volunteers formed the Yokomine Jomon Club. Since then, the group has established a permanent exhibit of some of the excavated implements and has built authentic replicas of Jomon shelters on the site.

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Where it is

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