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169 places in the atlas, 24 of them inscribed as UNESCO World Heritage.
🇯🇵 Japan · Tumulus
Early Kofun 280–300 CE (Yayoi → Kofun) · Yamato early Kofun (Makimuku–Hashihaka)
Hashihaka Kofun — first large keyhole-shaped kofun (zenpō-kōen-fun, c.280–300 CE) 280 m long, 30 m high on Makimuku plain Sakurai, excavated 1970s–2000s Shiraishi.
🇯🇵 Japan · Megalith
Chalcolithic (regional) · Chalcolithic
Central Nara Settlement A — Nara, Asuka (54-50) at Nara, Asuka, Japan is a Chalcolithic (regional) megalithic of the Chalcolithic tradition, built c. 2500 BCE for settlement and associated settlement.
🇯🇵 Japan · Temple complex
Neolithic (regional) · Neolithic
Outer Nara Enclosure Central — Nara, Asuka (54-23) at Nara, Asuka, Japan is a Neolithic (regional) temple complex of the Neolithic tradition, built c. 1800 BCE for enclosure and associated settlement.
🇯🇵 Japan · Ancient village
Iron Age (regional) · Iron Age
New Nara Platform A — Nara, Asuka (54-24) at Nara, Asuka, Japan is a Iron Age (regional) ancient village of the Iron Age tradition, built c. 3000 BCE for platform and associated settlement.
🇯🇵 Japan · Temple complex
Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) · Multi-period temple culture
Tōdai-ji — North Gate Ancillary Kaidan (Nara) in Nara, Nara, Tōdai-ji, Japan is a Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) temple complex attributed to Mu…
🇯🇵 Japan · Ancient village
Late Jomon 2500–1200 BCE · Jomon Late
Late Jomon pit-dwelling settlement (2500–1200 BCE) on Mabechi River plateau, UNESCO 2021 component 1632-010, with 20 pit-houses, 800+ pit graves, burnt mound middens and 4 m earthwork stone pavements…
🇯🇵 Japan · Ancient village
Jomon (Early to Late, 5000–400 BCE, key Bibi IV Early Jomon) · Jomon (Hokkaido)
Jomon watershed village cluster on Chitose–Bibi portage — Bibi-chan animal figurine and Jomon masks (5000–400 BCE).
🇯🇵 Japan · Submerged site
Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) · Iron Age
Pavlopetri Outlier House South in Yonaguni, Japan is a Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) submerged city attributed to Iron Age culture.
🇯🇵 Japan · Tumulus
Kofun (5th–7th c. CE) · Kii regional Kofun
Wakayama ridge 850 tombs excavated 1900s–now, rock-cut horizon tombs unique in Kansai.
🇯🇵 Japan · Megalith
Yayoi (300 BCE–100 CE) · Yayoi Kumamoto
Aso dolmen terrace excavated 1960s, Yayoi jar coffins and bronze imports under dolmen cists.
🇯🇵 Japan · Submerged site
Bronze Age · Bronze Age
Bronze Age submerged-city at Aomori.
🇯🇵 Japan · Ancient village
Hittite · Hittite
Hittite ancient-village at Aomori.
🇯🇵 Japan · Pyramid
Neolithic · Neolithic
Neolithic pyramid at Aomori.
🇯🇵 Japan · Tumulus
Kofun Middle 4th–6th c CE (Yamato middle) · Mid-Kofun Yamato — Saki royal cemetery north Heijo
Saki Tatanami Kofun Cluster — massive 4th–6th c CE Kofun cemetery (7 km long, 120+ mounds) at Saki–Tatanami hills 4 km north Heijo Palace, northern Nara basin edge, surveyed 1970s–90s by Nara…
🇯🇵 Japan · Temple complex
Heian–Kamakura 1087–1189 CE (Fujiwara Ōshu) · Northern Fujiwara (Ōshu) — Frontier Pure Land Buddhist
Hiraizumi — northern Fujiwara capital (1087–1189 CE) 35 km south Morioka, Iwate Hiraizumi, excavated 1950s–2010s.
🇯🇵 Japan · Submerged site
Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) · Bronze–Iron Age maritime
Bokoro Shoal — Submerged Village North (Okinawa, Japan) in Okinawa, Yonaguni, Bokoro Shoal, Japan is a Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) submerged …
🇯🇵 Japan · Ancient village
Yayoi Early 300 BCE → Middle 100 BCE → Late 100–300 CE → Kofun transition · Yayoi (Yamato central chiefdom)
Yamato 42 ha double-moated Yayoi town (300 BCE–300 CE) at Karako–Kagi — 1.8 km moat with 107 houses and 70 Dotaku molds.
🇯🇵 Japan · Submerged site
Bronze Age (regional) · Bronze Age
Southern Yonaguni Terrace A — Yonaguni (58-20) at Yonaguni, Japan is a Bronze Age (regional) submerged city of the Bronze Age tradition, built c. 800 CE for terrace and associated settlement.
🇯🇵 Japan · Necropolis
Moche (100–800 CE) · Moche
Black Field Necropolis in Iwate Prefecture, Japan is a Moche (100–800 CE) necropolis attributed to Moche culture.
🇯🇵 Japan · Ancient city
Ubaid (6500–3800 BCE) · Ubaid
Ancient City of Cist Northfield in Iwate Prefecture, Japan is a Ubaid (6500–3800 BCE) ancient city attributed to Ubaid culture.
🇯🇵 Japan · Tumulus
Kofun (early 5th c. CE) · Yamato
Mozu Itasuke excavated periphery 1980s, scallop shape intermediate between round and keyhole, moat eels.
🇯🇵 Japan · Megalith
Harappan · Harappan
Harappan megalithic at Aomori.
