The Karako-Kagi Site is an archaeological site in Tawaramoto, Nara Japan.[1] It has a metallurgical facility, and is near other sites such as the Makimuku ruins.[1] Chicken breeding is known from the site.[2][3][4][5] However no rice paddy fields are associated with it.[6]
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Museum edit
| Karako-Kagi Archaeological Museum | |
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唐古・鍵考古学ミュージアム | |
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| General information | |
| Address | 233-1 Sakate |
| Town or city | Tawaramoto, Nara Prefecture |
| Country | Japan |
| Coordinates | 34°33′27″N 135°48′09″E / 34.55736366°N 135.80238213°E |
| Opened | 24 November 2004 |
| Technical details | |
| Floor area | 352 m2 |
| Website | |
| Official website | |
Karako-Kagi Archaeological Museum (唐古・鍵考古学ミュージアム, Karako-Kagi kōkogaku myūjiamu) opened in Tawaramoto, Nara Prefecture, Japan, in 2004. Located on the second floor of the Tawaramoto Aogaki Lifelong Learning Centre (田原本青垣生涯学習センター), the museum's three rooms display artefacts from the nearby Karako-Kagi Site (唐古・鍵遺跡), a Yayoi village and National Historic Site, as well as a haniwa in the form of a cow that has been designated an Important Cultural Property.[7][8][9]
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References edit
- ^ a b "Karako Kagi [唐古・鍵遺跡] Ancient Village or Settlement : The Megalithic Portal and Megalith Map". 16 October 2023. Archived from the original on 16 October 2023. Retrieved 21 October 2023.
- ^ "Chicken breeding in Japan dates back to fourth century BCE". ScienceDaily. Retrieved 21 October 2023.
- ^ Eda, Masaki; Izumi, Hiroe; Yoneda, Minoru; Fujita, Saburo (1 April 2023). "The earliest evidence of domestic chickens in the Japanese Archipelago". Frontiers in Earth Science. 11: 1104535. Bibcode:2023FrEaS..1104535E. doi:10.3389/feart.2023.1104535.
- ^ Eda, Masaki; Izumi, Hiroe; Yoneda, Minoru; Fujita, Saburo (2023). "The earliest evidence of domestic chickens in the Japanese Archipelago". Frontiers in Earth Science. 11. doi:10.3389/feart.2023.1104535. ISSN 2296-6463.
- ^ Leonard, Ben. "Evidence of Earliest Chicken Breeding Found in Japan - Archaeology Magazine". www.archaeology.org. Retrieved 21 October 2023.
- ^ Okada, Ken’ichi; Kaner, Simon (2015), Goucher, Candice; Barker, Graeme (eds.), "The Nara basin paddies, Japan", The Cambridge World History: Volume 2: A World with Agriculture, 12,000 BCE–500 CE, The Cambridge World History, vol. 2, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 387–410, ISBN 978-0-521-19218-7, retrieved 21 October 2023
- ^ 展示案内 [Guide to the Exhibition] (in Japanese). Karako-Kagi Archaeological Museum. Retrieved 10 November 2015.
- ^ 唐古・鍵遺跡（からこ・かぎいせき）国史跡 [Karako-Kagi Site (National Historic Site)] (in Japanese). Tawaramoto Town. Archived from the original on 5 December 2015. Retrieved 10 November 2015.
- ^ 埴輪牛 [Haniwa Cow] (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved 10 November 2015.
External links edit
- (in Japanese) Karako-Kagi Archaeological Museum
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