Building in Hokkaidō, Japan
Hokkaido Archaeological Operations Center (北海道立埋蔵文化財センター , Hokkaidō-ritsu Maizō Bunkazai Sentaa ) opened in
Ebetsu ,
Hokkaidō , Japan in 1999. Its aim is to protect, preserve, and utilize
buried cultural properties .
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In December 2017, researchers from the Hokkaido Archaeological Operations Center announced the discovery of the oldest ancient stone with a human face painted on it (12x13cm), estimating its creation date between 2,500 and 1,000 B.C.
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The exhibition hall features two
Important Cultural Properties : an earthen
Jōmon mask from the Mamachi Site and artefacts excavated from the Bibi 8 Site.
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From
Chitose City : Stone rods unearthed at the (30 to 70 cm long), animal-shaped clay figure (Bibi-chan ), Jomon clay mask
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350x80x33cm chiseled monolith
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Magemono made of
Thujopsis , excavated in Yukanboshi
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"Hokkaido Archaeological Operations Center" (PDF) . Hokkaido Archaeological Operations Center. Retrieved 11 November 2016 .
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北海道立埋蔵文化財センター [Hokkaido Archaeological Operations Center] (in Japanese). Hokkaido Prefectural Board of Education. Retrieved 11 November 2016 .
^ Kastalia Medrano,
World's first-known ancient stone with painted face discovered, looks exactly like a slice of pizza , Newsweek.com , 21 December 2017
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土面/北海道千歳市真々地町ママチ遺跡第三一〇号土壙墓出土 [Earthen Mask Excavated from Mamachi Site burial 310, Mamachi-chō, Chitose, Hokkaido] (in Japanese).
Agency for Cultural Affairs . Retrieved 11 November 2016 .
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北海道美々8遺跡出土品 [Artefacts Excavated from the Bibi 8 Site, Hokkaido] (in Japanese).
Agency for Cultural Affairs . Retrieved 11 November 2016 .
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The Prayers and Hearts of the Jomon People , Akarenga-h.jp
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Giant at the Archaeological Center , Shiinatakehito.com
^ Koji Chihara,
Wood culture in pre-modern Hokkaido Island: a comparative study between Central Japan , Lasy.gov.pl , 2019
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