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Ayaragigō Site

Shimonoseki, Japan

Ayaragigō Site
Ayaragigō Site. Photo via Wikimedia Commons.

The Ayaragigō Site (Ayaragigō iseki) is an archaeological site with traces of a Yayoi period settlement, located in the Ayaragi neighborhood of the city of Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi in the San'yō region of Japan. The site was designated a National Historic Site in 1969 with the area under protection expanded in 1981.

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

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