Hirajō Shell Mound

Ainan, Japan

The Hirajō Shell Midden (Hirajō kaizuka) is an archaeological site with a shell midden and Jōmon period settlement site located in the Machihata, Heijō, and Mishō neighborhoods of the town of Ainan, Ehime Prefecture in the island of Shikoku, Japan. The site was designated as a prefectural historic site in November 1951 and as a National Historic Site of Japan in 2024.

Google Maps ↗ Wikipedia ↗

Archaeological site data from Wikidata (CC0). Summary from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

Other archaeological sites in Japan

Abe-dera Sakurai, Japan Abedani Kofun Matsue, Japan Abuyama Kofun Japan Adaka-Kurobashi Shell Mounds Kumamoto, Japan Ae Kanga ruins Kasuya, Japan Ageshima Kofun Izumo, Japan Ainoshima Stone Tumuli Shingū-machi, Japan Ajiyoshi Futagoyama Kofun Kasugai, Japan