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Kamegaoka Site

Aomori · Tsugaru · Museums

Japanese name: 亀ヶ岡石器時代遺跡

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Kamegaoka Site
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WHAT TO DOKamegaoka Site

Where the goggle-eyed clay figure was found; the domain prized pots turned up here as early as the 1600s.

WHEREAomori

Tsugaru · Tsugaru

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Where the goggle-eyed clay figure was found; the domain prized pots turned up here as early as the 1600s.

About this place

The Kamegaoka Site (亀ヶ岡石器時代遺跡, Kamegaoka sekki-jidai iseki) is an archaeological site in what is now part of the city of Tsugaru, Aomori Prefecture, in the Tōhoku region of northern Japan, containing the ruins of a Jōmon period settlement. The remains were designated a National Historic Site in 1944 by the Japanese government. It is also referred to as the "Kamegaoka Stone Age Site", although the remains discovered are from the final Jōmon period (1,000 – 300 BC), rather than the Japanese Paleolithic period, as the name would imply. It is located approximately 20 minutes by car from Goshogawara Station.

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Founded / opened:1622 Highlights / collection:Excavation site of the goggle-eyed clay figurine Genre:Antique art and Buddhist art

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