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Sannai-Maruyama Archaeological Site is one of representative and of the largest archaeological site
in the Jyomon Age (14,000 years ago ～ 2,300 to 2,500 years ago).
Sannai-Maruyama Archaeological Site is located in Aomori City, Aomori Prefecture.
At Sannai-Maruyama Archaeological Site, people had lived since 5,500 years ago until 4,500 years ago for 1,500 years.
Five hundred sites of houses were confirmed and sixteen of them has been rebuilt.
In the middle of Sannai-Maruyama Archaeological Site, the huge wooden tower building was rebuilt.
Experts do not understand how the building structure was and for what purpose of the building was.
It was sure that people in the Jyomon Age had high skill of surveying techniques and settled
in this place.
These were the previous established theories that people in the Jyomon Age did hunting life
and moved following their food, like nuts, fruits and animals without cultivation.
However, the results of Sannai-Maruyama Archaeological Site excavation inverted the previous
established theories.
Next to Sannai-Maruyama Archaeological Site, the historical museum, "Jyomon Jikuukan", was open
in 2002 to display discovered earthenware, stoneware and earthen figures.
Couple of 10,000s of evacuated articles were discovered.
1,958 discoveries are designated as important properties of Japan.
One of the most surprising displays was the jade bead show in the below picture.
It is impressive that people approximately 4,500 years ago had high level of procession techniques
and also had a wide range of trading relationship.
After 15,000 years of prosperity, Sannai-Maruyama Archaeological Site rapidly reduced number of there residents.
Sannai-Maruyama Archaeological Site was abandoned approximately 4,000 years ago.
Nobody knows the reason of this deterioration of Sannai-Maruyama Archaeological Site.
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英語版のサイトに青森県青森市にある三内丸山遺跡のページをアップデートしました：
三内丸山遺跡は、日本最大級の縄文時代の遺跡です。
5,500年から4,000年前の1,500年間も栄えた集落です。
1992年(平成4年)から発掘調査が行われ、その結果に基づいて、
竪穴住居や大型の掘立柱建物の柱部分などが復元されています。
三内丸山遺跡は、約5,500年前から人々が住み着き、4,500年前に
最盛期を迎えましたが、約4,000年前に急速に衰えてしまったそうです。
その理由は判っていないそうです。
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