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Shimozato-Aoyama Stele Production Site

Japan

The Shimozato-Aoyama Stele Production Sites (Shimozato-Aoyama itabi seiskau iseki) are archaeological sites that contain the remnants of stone quarrying and production facilities for itabi stone stele from the Kamaura through Muromachi period, located in the Shimozato and Aoyama neighborhoods of Ogawa, Saitama, in the Kantō region of Japan. The site was designated a National Historic Site of Japan in 2020.

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

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