Archaeological finds unearthed from the Toi Shell Mound
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Archaeological finds unearthed from a pit grave at the Yunosato 4 Site in Hokkaido

Shell Mound

Artifacts Excavated from the Nishinoda Sutra Mound
Choshichiyachi Site: Aerial view of the shell mound
Bone and antler objects and pottery dating from the Esan Culture period, most of them from the Esan Shell Mound

Objects from Sutra Mound at Matsuoka
Historic Site – The Kitakogane Shell Mound, A Hill from the Jomon Period
Kitakogane Site: A grave at a shell mound
Futatsumori Site: Cross-section of a shell mound

Object excavated from sutra mound at Kokawa, Wakayama
Choshichiyachi Site: Shells unearthed
Kitakogane Site: A shell mound during an excavation
Kitakogane Site: A shell mound 1 (Full-scale model of what a shell mound might have looked like)
Kitakogane Site: A shell mound 2 (Full-scale model of what a shell mound might have looked like)
Aonae shell mound restoration material
Irie Site: Shell mound cross section at Point C

Objects excavated from sutra mound at Kimpu-sen, Nara

Objects excavated from sutra mound at Kimpu-sen, Nara

Objects excavated from sutra mound at Matsudani, Ehime

Jar (Outer case), (Excavated presumably from sutra mound at Shirahama, Wakayama)
Irie Site: Shell products
Pottery vessel unearthed from the Seizan Site
Pointed-bottom pottery vessel with shell-made patterns unearthed at the Kokuritsu-ryoyojo-ura Site
Clay figurine unearthed from the Ohnakayama 26 Site
Last Updated: 2022-03-14
Uploaded: 2026-02-25