List of the Component Parts
The Jomon Prehistoric Sites in Northern Japan consist of 17 archaeological sites: 6 in Hokkaido, 8 in Aomori Prefecture, 1 in Iwate Prefecture and 2 in Akita Prefecture. There is also one associated archaeological site in Hokkaido and another in Aomori.
Each component part of the property belongs to one of the six stages of sedentism, from its emergence to subsequent development to maturity, according to the structure and environment of the archaeological site.
No | Name | Summary | Stage | Prefecture | Municipality | |
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1 | Historic Site Odai Yamamoto Site | An archaeological site attesting to the beginning of the Jomon period | Ⅰa | Aomori | Sotogahama Town | |
2 | Historic Site Kakinoshima Site | A settlement site attesting to the distinction between a residential area and burial area | Ⅰb | Hokkaido | Hakodate City | |
3 | Historic Site Kitakogane Site | A settlement site accompanied by large shell mounds facing Uchiura Bay | Ⅱa | Hokkaido | Date City | |
4 | Historic Site Tagoyano Site | A settlement site accompanied by shell mounds facing Paleo-Lake Jusanko | Ⅱa | Aomori | Tsugaru City | |
5 | Historic Site Futatsumori Site | A settlement site attesting to environmental changes, as evident in the composition of saltwater shellfish and brackish shellfish in the shell mounds | Ⅱa | Aomori | Shichinohe Town | |
6 | Special Historic Site Sannai Maruyama Site | A large hub settlement site comprising various facilities | Ⅱb | Aomori | Aomori City | |
7 | Historic Site Ofune Site | A hub settlement site with outstandingly developed ritual space | Ⅱb | Hokkaido | Hakodate City | |
8 | Historic Site Goshono Site | A hub settlement site centering on the burial area and ritual space | Ⅱb | Iwate | Ichinohe Town | |
9 | Historic Site Irie Site | A settlement site that supported a jointly managed ritual center and cemetery | Ⅲa | Hokkaido | Toyako Town | |
10 | Historic Site Komakino Stone Circle | A large stone circle characterized by a complex arrangement of stones | Ⅲa | Aomori | Aomori City | |
11 | Historic Site Isedotai Stone Circles | A ritual site where four stone circles are concentrated | Ⅲa | Akita | Kitaakita City | |
12 | Special Historic Site Oyu Stone Circles | Two regularly structured stone circles | Ⅲa | Akita | Kazuno City | |
13 | Historic Site Kiusu Earthwork Burial Circles | A cemetery site surrounded by tall circular embankments | Ⅲb | Hokkaido | Chitose City | |
14 | Historic Site Omori Katsuyama Stone Circle | A large stone circle created at the foot of Mt. Iwaki | Ⅲb | Aomori | Hirosaki City | |
15 | Historic Site Takasago Burial Site | A cemetery site facing Uchiura Bay | Ⅲb | Hokkaido | Toyako Town | |
16 | Historic Site Kamegaoka Burial Site | A cemetery site where artistic clay figurines and varied burial goods have been unearthed | Ⅲb | Aomori | Tsugaru City | |
17 | Historic Site Korekawa Site | A settlement site accompanied by diverse facilities such as pit dwellings, pit graves, a watering place and dumping grounds | Ⅲb | Aomori | Hachinohe City | |
Associated Site 1 | Historic Site Choshichiyachi Site | A settlement site accompanied by a shell mound dating from the Jomon transgression | Ⅰb | Aomori | Hachinohe City | |
Associated Site 2 | Historic Site Washinoki Stone Circle | One of the largest stone circles in Hokkaido | Ⅲa | Hokkaido | Mori Town |