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The , shown on some maps as Moro Heritage or Moro Archaeological Site, is an
In March 1951, a 茂呂遺跡
Itabashi City Office’s webpage about the site
Itabashi City Office’s webpage about the site
Webpage about research near Shakujii River
Historic Sites of Japan Paleolithic sites in Japan Designated historic sites of Tokyo
archaeological site
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where stone tools from the Paleolithic
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BP) were found in Itabashi Ward, Tokyo
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History
In March 1951, a junior high school
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student called (who would later become an archaeologist) passing through the area found obsidian
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stone tools and clusters of pebbles on a cross-sectional part of a road that cut through a hill called . A joint excavation
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was conducted by Meiji University
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and Musashino Museum in July of the same year. This was the second survey on the Paleolithic Age in Japan after a study of the Iwajuku
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archaeological site in Gunma Prefecture
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. It became clear that Paleolithic culture, which is older than that from the Jōmon period
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, had spread universally in Japan. In addition, the knife-shaped stoneware excavated in this survey had a very distinctive form and was named a . The archaeological site was designated as a historic site of Tokyo in 1969, and as a historic site of Itabashi Ward in 1984. The 22 excavated stone tools were also designated as tangible cultural properties of Tokyo in 1999.Itabashi City Office’s webpage about the site
Location
The site is inJōhoku-Chūō Park
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in Tokyo, but it is not accessible so as to protect the wooded area in the site. A stone column and information boards show the site’s location.
References
{{ReflistItabashi City Office’s webpage about the site
External links
Webpage about research near Shakujii River
Historic Sites of Japan Paleolithic sites in Japan Designated historic sites of Tokyo