Tweet Date: 12/14/17 Article Date: 12/14/17 Article Publisher: Asahi Shimbun Article Link: https://www.asahi.com/articles/ASKCX4D04KCXPLZU005.html Location: Osaka Prefectural Museum of Yayoi Culture Site Name: Ikegamisone Site 池上曽根遺跡, Osaka Time Period: Middle Yayoi Period (2000 yrs ago) Object: Oldest Octopus Jar Traps in Japan Why is this interesting/important? The Osaka Prefectural Museum of Yayoi Culture has on exhibit the …
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Tweet Date: 2/24/18 Article Date: 2/24/18 Article Publisher: Asahi Article Link: http://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/AJ201802240032.html Location: Kashihara City, Nara Prefecture Site Name: Shijo-Tsukayama burial mound Time Period: Yayoi? Object: Burial mound maintained by the Imperial Household Agency Why is this interesting/important? Researchers were allowed access to supposed burial site of Japan’s second emperor Suizei for the first time …
Tweet Date: 3/24/18 Article Date: 3/24/18 Article Publisher: Asahi Article Link: http://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/AJ201803240031.html Location: Ibaraki, Osaka Prefecture Site Name: Nakagawara site Time Period: Yayoi (2000 years ago) Object: Pottery with images of wooden structures Why is this interesting/important? These images are some of the earliest clearly depicted representations of these types of wooden structures found in …
