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Tim Grose (7 months ago)
Fascinating! Well-designed museum. Highly recommended for professionally interested people or just the curious.
Fascinating! Well-designed museum. Highly recommended for professionally interested people or just the curious.
秋田守 (8 months ago)
Coming here changed my previous concept of shell mounds. I thought it was just a garbage dumping place for eating shells, but I didn't know it was a sacred "sending place" where human bones were enshrined. I thought that the visual effect of scallop shells actually being spread out and many deer skulls lined up on top of it was persuasive. Because it is such a place, it is purposely made in a high place.
Coming here changed my previous concept of shell mounds. I thought it was just a garbage dumping place for eating shells, but I didn't know it was a sacred "sending place" where human bones were enshrined. I thought that the visual effect of scallop shells actually being spread out and many deer skulls lined up on top of it was persuasive. Because it is such a place, it is purposely made in a high place.
tomo yaha (11 months ago)
World Heritage Jomon Archaeological Sites in Hokkaido and Northern Tohoku The free parking lot is large, and you can immediately enter the World Heritage Site from the parking lot. There is a shell mound in the settlement and above.
World Heritage Jomon Archaeological Sites in Hokkaido and Northern Tohoku The free parking lot is large, and you can immediately enter the World Heritage Site from the parking lot. There is a shell mound in the settlement and above.
関清志 (2 years ago)
Visited on October 12, 2022. These are ruins from the early to middle Jomon period (4000 BC to 2000 BC). Five shell mounds were found on the hill and on the flat ground below. It is thought that the position of the shell midden changed due to the movement of the coastline due to Jomon transgression and regression. It includes animal bones, nut shells and seeds, as well as seafood bones and residues. Shell mounds were considered sacred as places where spirits of all things were sent, and were also places of graves. 14 human bones have been excavated from the shell mound on the hill. Since shell middens have alkaline soil, there are times when biological relics remain undecayed. In addition to the shell mounds, it was found that the spring water source also functioned as a ritual site. Stone crowns, stone plates and many other stone tools were found at the shrine.
Visited on October 12, 2022. These are ruins from the early to middle Jomon period (4000 BC to 2000 BC). Five shell mounds were found on the hill and on the flat ground below. It is thought that the position of the shell midden changed due to the movement of the coastline due to Jomon transgression and regression. It includes animal bones, nut shells and seeds, as well as seafood bones and residues. Shell mounds were considered sacred as places where spirits of all things were sent, and were also places of graves. 14 human bones have been excavated from the shell mound on the hill. Since shell middens have alkaline soil, there are times when biological relics remain undecayed. In addition to the shell mounds, it was found that the spring water source also functioned as a ritual site. Stone crowns, stone plates and many other stone tools were found at the shrine.
佐藤康廣 (2 years ago)
It's one of the Jomon World Cultural Heritage Sites in Hokkaido and North Tohoku?Even so, it's hard to believe that humans lived in such a northern region 20,000 to 30,000 years ago?That alone is surprising, and I'm impressed by the vitality of humans. I wonder how in the Jomon period, in a poor building like the ones on display, they survived that cold season?Or maybe the whole earth was in a temperate period at that time? That's all I can think of ☺️ There were a huge number of seashells on the hill?It reminds me of the eating habits of the Jomon people. Please visit the information center on the premises and think about the Jomon period?
It's one of the Jomon World Cultural Heritage Sites in Hokkaido and North Tohoku?Even so, it's hard to believe that humans lived in such a northern region 20,000 to 30,000 years ago?That alone is surprising, and I'm impressed by the vitality of humans. I wonder how in the Jomon period, in a poor building like the ones on display, they survived that cold season?Or maybe the whole earth was in a temperate period at that time? That's all I can think of ☺️ There were a huge number of seashells on the hill?It reminds me of the eating habits of the Jomon people. Please visit the information center on the premises and think about the Jomon period?
