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The Sannai Maruyama site is one of the Jomon Period remains found across Hokkaido and the northern Tohoku region, shown here in Aomori on May 24. (Ryo Ikeda)
Archaeological sites in Hokkaido and the northern Tohoku region dating to the prehistoric Jomon Period, which lasted more than 10,000 years, are expected to soon be added to UNESCO’s World Cultural Heritage list.
If officially approved, they would be the first pre-Christian era historic sites in Japan to be listed as World Heritage sites.
The Jomon Pottery Culture Period (c. 14,500 B.C.-1,000 B.C.) sites in question include the notable Sannai Maruyama site, which hosts the remains of a large settlement and is designated as a special national historic site by Japan.