Higashimyō Site

Saga, Japan

The Higashimyō ruins (Higashimyō iseki) is an archaeological site containing the ruins of a late early Jōmon period settlement and shell mound located in what is now the Chifu, Kinryū neighborhood of the city of Saga, Saga Prefecture, Japan. The site was designated a National Historic Site of Japan in 2016 and is where the oldest woven baskets, combs, wooden plates, and organic remains yet discovered in Japan have been found.

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