Jōmon
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Saitama Jōmon Period
14,000 – 300 BCE
A late Jomon settlement in Iwatsuki Ward, Saitama City, where a ring of shells 150 metres across sits beside a waterlogged peat site. Designated in 1975.
Late to Final Jomon finds from the Ushiroya wetland site in Okegawa, Saitama, an Important Cultural Property since 2011, including lacquered combs and painted clay earrings.