Hokkaido Archaeological Operations Center
Hokkaido Archaeological Operations Center opened in Ebetsu, Hokkaidō, Japan in 1999. Its aim is to protect, preserve, and utilize buried cultural properties.
Hokkaido Archaeological Operations Center
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- Name
- Hokkaido Archaeological Operations Center
- Founded
- 1999
- Headquarters
- Japan
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Hokkaido Archaeological Operations Center opened in Ebetsu, Hokkaidō, Japan in 1999. Its aim is to protect, preserve, and utilize buried cultural properties.
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• Name — Hokkaido Archaeological Operations Center • Native Name — 北海道立埋蔵文化財センター • Address — 685-1 Nishi-nopporo • Location Town — Ebetsu, Hokkaidō • Location Country — Japan • Opened Date — 1 April 1999 • Website — http: www.domaibun.or.jp/files/lib/4/105/201502262104227250.pdf
History
History
In December 2017, researchers from the Hokkaido Archaeological Operations Center announced the discovery of the oldest ancient stone with a human face painted on it (12x13cm), estimating its creation date between 2,500 and 1,000 B.C.
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The following is established of the heading itself. Institutional cataloguing adds that hokkaido Archaeological Operations Center is associated with Japan. It is also recorded that hokkaido Archaeological Operations Center is recorded from 1999.
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The exhibition hall features two Important Cultural Properties: an earthen Jōmon mask from the Mamachi Site and artefacts excavated from the Bibi 8 Site.
Collection
• From Chitose City: Stone rods unearthed at the (30 to 70 cm long), animal-shaped clay figure (Bibi-chan), Jomon clay mask • 350x80x33cm chiseled monolith • Magemono made of Thujopsis, excavated in Yukanboshi
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- 1.Hokkaido Archaeological Operations Center.
- 2.Hokkaido Prefectural Board of Education.
- 3.Kastalia Medrano, World's first-known ancient stone with painted face discovered, looks exactly like a slice of pizza, Newsweek.com, 21 December 2017
- 4.Agency for Cultural Affairs.
- 5.Agency for Cultural Affairs.
- 6.The Prayers and Hearts of the Jomon People, Akarenga-h.jp
- 7.Giant at the Archaeological Center, Shiinatakehito.com
- 8.Koji Chihara, Wood culture in pre-modern Hokkaido Island: a comparative study between Central Japan, Lasy.gov.pl, 2019
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