Japan

Mangyō Site

Late Yayoi–Early Kofun settlement, Nanao (Ishikawa), Japan

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The Mangyō Site (万行遺跡, Mangyō Iseki) is an archaeological site containing the remnants of a late Yayoi period to late Kofun period settlement located in the Mangyō neighborhood of the city of Nanao, Ishikawa in the Hokuriku region of Japan. The site was designated a National Historic Site of Japan in 2003.

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Transitional occupation

late 3rd to early 4th century AD

Archaeological excavation

1998

National Historic Site designation

2003

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Country

Japan

Coordinates

37.05° N, 136.99° E