09:00 - 17:00
Sannai-Maruyama Site
三内丸山遺跡・
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Maruyama-305 Sannai, Aomori
The Sannai-Maruyama Site is a museum and archaeological site featuring the largest Jōmon settlement discovered in Japan, covering 40 hectares. The site was inhabited by hunter-gatherers from the Early Jōmon period to the Middle Jōmon period (3900-2200 BC) and evolved from a seasonal camp to a mobile society and finally a settled village. Its most notable structure, a reconstruction of a large six-pillared building built around 2600 BC, has parallels in other sites in Japan and Eurasia, including a wooden predecessor to Stonehenge. The site was known was the Edo period and was inscribed on the UNESCO World Cultural Heritage List on July 27, 2021.
Reconstructed large six-pillared building
Pieces of pottery
Burial pits and mounds
Reconstructed large and small pit-dwellings
Reconstructed pillar-supported buildings
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