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Jomon Culture

Washinoki Site: Full view of Washinoki Site

Washinoki Site: Full view of Washinoki Site

“Photographed in 2011
This site is located on a river terrace at an altitude of 70 m approximately one kilometer inland from Funka Bay. It is composed of a circular pit cemetery (mass grave) and a stone circle from the earlier phase of the late Jomon period (ca. 2,000 BC).”

photo courtesy: Cultural Properties Protection Section, Social Education Department, Mori Town Board of Education

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