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DigsSite Name: Mabuni Hantabaru Alternative Name: 摩文仁ハンタバル遺跡Country: Japan
NOTE: This site is 0.833 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:
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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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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