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<< Our Photo Pages >> Mabuni Hantabaru - Cave or Rock Shelter in Japan

Submitted by bat400 on Saturday, 17 March 2012  Page Views: 5970

DigsSite Name: Mabuni Hantabaru Alternative Name: 摩文仁ハンタバル遺跡
Country: Japan
NOTE: This site is 650.599 km away from the location you searched for.
Type: Cave or Rock Shelter
Nearest Town: Itoman (Okinawa prefecture)  Nearest Village: Mabuni 摩文仁
Latitude: 26.090410N  Longitude: 127.719010E
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
 3 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
 3 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
 4 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
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Jomon urn, 4000-200BC
Jomon urn, 4000-200BC submitted by bat400_photo : Japan, Jōmon period (c. 4000 BCE- c. 200 BCE) Earthware, Honolulu Academy of Arts, 2011 by Hiart, made available under the Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Ancient Cemetery in Okinawa.
Cemetery dating to the late Jomon period, dating back 3,000-4,000 years.

85 sets of bones and burial objects, mainly shells, were excavated in a dig conducted by the Doigahama Site Anthropological Museum.

Mabuni is the place where the Battle of Okinawa during the WW2 Pacific War terminated. The Japanese army, chased by landed US army, ran away from capital Naha to this southernmost edge of Okinawa island, many innocent citizen who had lived on their retreating route were scattered by them, ran around the battlefield and were killed or committed suicide here. Still bones of the victims sleeps in the caves around here. In 1972 this area was modified into the peace memorial Quasi-National Park.

Note: Ancient forearm bone from tall man found at archeological site in Okinawa. See comment.
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Mabuni Hantabaru
Mabuni Hantabaru submitted by Aska : Site in Japan Only a signpost telling “Danger” stands, this might be the site. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Ancient forearm bone from tall man found at archeological site in Okinawa by bat400 on Saturday, 17 March 2012
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Researchers have unearthed an ancient forearm bone from the Mabuni Hantabaru archeological site in Itoman, Okinawa Prefecture, believed to be from a Jomon period male roughly 169 centimeters tall -- much taller than the average for the period.

The bone, measuring about 28 centimeters, is believed to be from the late Jomon period, dating back 3,000-4,000 years. The average height of males from the same period is about 158 centimeters.

Takayuki Matsushita, honorary head of the Doigahama Site Anthropological Museum in Yamaguchi Prefecture, which conducted a survey of the area, said the find was unusual.

"Even on a national scale, this is an unusual height, and it could make a difference to research on people from the Jomon period," Matsushita said.

The survey of the site in Itoman, believed to be a burial ground, was conducted in collaboration with the Itoman Municipal Board of Education between 2007 and 2010. So far the bones of 85 people have been unearthed at the site. In a lower layer, the forearm bone -- believed to be the ulna of an adult male -- was found practically undamaged. The bone is thick, indicating that it was from a person of solid build.

The 169-centimeter estimated height of the person is the tallest among the Jomon period specimens found in Kyushu and Okinawa.

The bones of another male estimated to be 164 centimeters tall have also been unearthed at the site. However, Matsushita said with only two samples of relatively tall people being found, there was no evidence that their height had been passed on genetically.

"It may have been a result of individual variation, or the bones may have been from someone outside the Mabuni group. We want to see if there are any other instances of the bones of tall people being found in the prefecture," Matsushita said.

The Doigahama Site Anthropological Museum plans to announce the results of its survey at the 17th Doigahama Symposium in Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi Prefecture, on Sept. 3. Entry to the symposium is free.



Thanks to coldrum for the link: english.ryukyushimpo.jp.
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