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Okyōzuka Site

Jōmon settlement in Hokuriku, Japan

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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.

Paleolithic
Mesolithic
Neolithic
Chalcolithic
Bronze Age
Iron Age
Classical Period
Post-Classical Period
Early Modern Period
Industrial Period
Contemporary Period
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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

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Public and Civic Structures

Plazas
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Domestic and Habitation Structures

Pit HousesVillages
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Environmental and Natural Features

Sacred Groves
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Country

Japan

Coordinates

36.55° N, 136.60° E