Artifacts Excavated from Okyozuka Sites in Ishikawa Prefecture

Artifacts excavated from Okyozuka Sites in Ishikawa Prefecture include Important Cultural Properties, totaling 4,219 items including 542 earthenware and clay products, 3,642 stoneware and stone products, 23 incomplete sites of born tools, 12 incomplete sites of earthenware from the mid-late to the end of the Jomon Period (1,700BC - 500BC).
Jomon Doki (pottery with a straw-rope pattern made in the Jomon Period) (12,000BC - 500BC) excavated in Okyozuka Sites includes mainly deep and shallow bowls. They have characteristics of earthenware from both eastern and western Japan, but also have characteristics unique to the Hokuriku Region. Because chronological continuity is seen among these artifacts, they are used as standard examples of the Hokuriku Region. The forms and patterns of the many earthen figurines excavated in this area make it possible to identify when they were made.
Okyozuka Sites are large settlements that existed between 3,500 and 2,300 years ago. Excavated articles are precious materials that show lifestyles and religion of that time.