Okinawa Prefecture Archaeological Center

Okinawa Prefecture Archaeological Center
沖縄県立埋蔵文化財センター
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General information
Address193-7 Uehara
Town or cityNishihara, Okinawa Prefecture
CountryJapan
Coordinates26°14′36″N 127°45′34″E / 26.243330°N 127.759518°E / 26.243330; 127.759518
Opened1 April 1990[1]
Website
Official website (ja)

The Okinawa Prefecture Archaeological Center (沖縄県立埋蔵文化財センター, Okinawa-ken Maizō Bunkazai Sentā) opened in Nishihara, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan in 2000.[1] The facility researches, preserves, and utilizes through display and other activities the prefecture's Buried Cultural Properties.[1] As of the early Reiwa era, around four thousand such sites have been identified in Okinawa Prefecture, from the Palaeolithic to modern times, including shell mounds, settlements, tombs, gusuku, underwater sites, and war ruins.[2]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c 設置目的 [Purpose] (in Japanese). Okinawa Prefecture. Retrieved 1 November 2023.
  2. ^ 埋蔵文化財 [Buried Cultural Properties] (PDF) (in Japanese). Okinawa Prefecture. Retrieved 1 November 2023.


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