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Sukumo Shell Mound

Sukumo, Japan

The Sukumo Shell Midden (Sukumo kaizuka) is an archaeological site in the city of Sukumo, Kōchi Prefecture, on the island of Shikoku in Japan. It consists of a pair of late Jōmon period shell middens. The middens were designated a National Historic Site of Japan in 1957.

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

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