Ōmori Shell Mounds

Tokyo · Japan

Ōmori Shell Mounds, Japan
Photo: DoWhile, Public domain via Wikimedia Commons

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The Jomon-period shell midden in Tokyo whose excavation by Edward Morse in 1877 launched modern Japanese archaeology. A trackside monument and small park mark the historic site.

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