Okinawa Prefecture Archaeological Center
| Okinawa Prefecture Archaeological Center | |
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沖縄県立埋蔵文化財センター | |
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| Location | 193-7 Uehara, Nishihara, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan |
| Coordinates | 26°14′36″N 127°45′34″E / 26.243330°N 127.759518°E |
| Opened | 1 April 1990[1] |
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The Okinawa Prefecture Archaeological Center (沖縄県立埋蔵文化財センター, Okinawa-ken Maizō Bunkazai Sentā) opened in Nishihara, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan in 2000.[1] The facility researches, preserves, and utilizes through display and other activities the prefecture's Buried Cultural Properties.[1] As of the early Reiwa era, around four thousand such sites have been identified in Okinawa Prefecture, from the Palaeolithic to modern times, including shell mounds, settlements, tombs, gusuku, underwater sites, and war ruins.[2]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- 1 2 3 設置目的 [Purpose] (in Japanese). Okinawa Prefecture. Retrieved 1 November 2023.
- ↑ 埋蔵文化財 [Buried Cultural Properties] (PDF) (in Japanese). Okinawa Prefecture. Retrieved 1 November 2023.
External links
[edit]- (in English) Okinawa Prefecture Archaeological Center
- (in Japanese) Okinawa Prefecture Archaeological Center: list of reports (Nabunken)
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