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Irimi Shell Midden

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Irimi Shell Midden
Irimi Shell Midden. Photo via Wikimedia Commons.

The Irimi shell midden (Irimi kaizuka) is an archaeological site containing a Jōmon period shell midden located in the Ogawa neighborhood of the town of Higashiura, Aichi in the Tōkai region of Japan. The site was designated as a National Historic Site in 1953.

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

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