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The site consists of two large stone circles built on an artificially flattened plateau on the left bank of the Ōyu River, a tributary of the Yoneshiro River in northeastern Akita Prefecture. The site was discovered in 1931, with detailed archaeological excavations taking place in 1946 and in 1951-1952.
The site consists of two large stone circles located on an artificially flattened plateau on the left bank of the Oyu River, a tributary of the Yoneshiro River in northeastern Akita Prefecture. The site was discovered in 1931, with detailed archaeological excavations taking place in 1946, and in 1951–1952.
Site Municipality Comments Image Coordinates Type Ref. *Ōyu Stone Circles 大湯環状列石 Ōyu kanjōresseki: Kazuno: submitted for inscription on the UNESCO World Heritage List as one of the Jōmon Archaeological Sites in Hokkaidō, Northern Tōhoku, and other regions [5] [6]
Kita-Akita: Akita 1632-014 *Ōyu Stone Circles ... Ōmori Katsuyama Stone Circle
Discovered in the Harrat al ‘Uwayrid lava field, the circles range in diameter from 13 to 26 feet, and all date to about 7,000 years ago. The team found evidence of stone walls and at least one ...
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Archaeological remains include earthen mounds, stone circles, and ritual deposits. A reconstruction of a settlement at the Sannai-Maruyama Site is pictured. [29] Sado Island Gold Mines: Niigata: 2024 1698; iv (cultural) This site comprises a heritage of gold and silver mines on the Sado Island over 250 years during the Tokugawa shogunate.
One of the stone circles contains a standing stone which appears to have served as a sun dial. Plate-shaped dogū. Next to the stone circles, post holes indicate that as many as 37 pit-houses with a width of 3–5 meters and length of 6–7 meters were built on the site, although there is no indication that this was a permanently inhabited ...