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Verified places tagged “maritime”

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🇯🇵 Japan · Rock art

Fugoppe Cave Petroglyphs

Jomon (Final to Zoku-Jomon) · Zoku-Jomon maritime hunter-gatherers of western Hokkaido

Hokkaido shore tuff cave with 800 winged-human and boat incisions 300 BCE–500 CE, Jomon rock art.

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🇮🇳 India · Ancient city

Lothal

Mature Harappan 2450–1900 BCE · Indus Valley / Harappan

Harappan port town (2450–1900 BCE) on Sabarmati palaeochannel near Gulf of Khambhat, famed for 37×22 m brick basin interpreted as dockyard and tidal lock.