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Okyōzuka Site
36.5463° N, 136.5991° E
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The Okyōzuka Site (御経塚遺跡, Okyōzuka iseki) is an archaeological site with the ruins of a middle to final Jōmon period (around 1700–500 BC) settlement in the Kyōzuka neighborhood of the city of Nonoichi, Ishikawa in the Hokuriku region of Japan. The site was designated a National Historic Site of Japan in 1977.
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Occupation (Jōmon settlement)
c. 1700–500 BC
Discovery
1954
First excavation survey
1955
National Historic Site designation
1977
Important Cultural Properties designation
2010-06-29
Archaeological Features
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