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Natural PlacesSite Name: Gohezu cave Alternative Name: ゴヘズ洞穴 Gohezu DōketsuCountry: Japan Region: Kyūshū Type: Cave or Rock Shelter
Nearest Town: Ie-jima island (Okinawa prefecture) Nearest Village: Nishi-Eue 西江上
Latitude: 26.723370N Longitude: 127.781660E
Condition:
5 | Perfect |
4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
0 | No data. |
-1 | Completely destroyed |
5 | Superb |
4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
0 | No data. |
5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
0 | No data. |
5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
0 | no data |
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In 1976 and 1977, eleven fragmented bones and two teeth of Pleistocene men were excavated from the soil inside of this underground limestone cave, along with those of extinct deer and bone tools
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