List of Cultural Properties of Japan - archaeological materials (Okinawa)

This list is of the Cultural Properties of Japan designated in the category of archaeological materials (考古資料 kōko shiryō) for the Prefecture of Okinawa.[1]

National Cultural Properties

As of 1 January 2015, two Important Cultural Properties have been designated, being of national significance.[2][3][4]

Property Date Municipality Ownership Comments Image Coordinates Ref.
Excavated Artefacts from Sefa-utaki
沖縄県斎場御嶽出土品
Okinawa-ken sēfā utaki shutsudo-hin
Ryukyu Kingdom Nanjō Nanjō City
(kept at the Nanjō Office of Administration (南城市役所 本庁舎総務課))
562 items, comprising 9 magatama (3 of gold), ten pieces of celadon, 9 gold coins (yoshōsen (厭勝銭), and 534 copper coins (senka (銭貨)); Sefa-utaki is an Historic Site and part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site Gusuku Sites and Related Properties of the Kingdom of Ryukyu[5] 26°08′40″N 127°46′01″E / 26.14436935°N 127.76706372°E / 26.14436935; 127.76706372 (Nanjō Office of Administration)
Excavated Ceramics from the Site of Shuri Castle
沖縄県首里城京の内跡出土陶磁器
Okinawa-ken Shuri-jō kyō no uchi ato shutsudo tōjiki
First Shō Dynasty Nishihara Okinawa Prefecture
(kept at the Okinawa Prefectural Centre for Buried Cultural Properties (沖縄県立埋蔵文化財センター)
518 items; Shuri Castle is an Historic Site and part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site Gusuku Sites and Related Properties of the Kingdom of Ryukyu[5] 26°14′36″N 127°45′35″E / 26.2434428°N 127.75961935°E / 26.2434428; 127.75961935 (Okinawa Prefectural Centre for Buried Cultural Properties)

Prefectural Cultural Properties

As of 1 May 2014, two properties have been designated at a prefectural level.[4][6]

Property Date Municipality Ownership Comments Image Coordinates Ref.
Excavated Artefacts from Kogachibaru Shell Mound
古我地原貝塚出土品
Kogachibaru kaizuka shutsudo-hin
mid to late-Jōmon Nishihara Okinawa Prefecture
(kept at the Okinawa Prefectural Centre for Buried Cultural Properties (沖縄県立埋蔵文化財センター)
234 items, comprising 30 pieces of earthenware, 101 stone tools, 58 artefacts made of shell, 39 of bone, and 6 of stone; Kogachibaru Shell Mound is in Uruma City[7] 26°14′36″N 127°45′35″E / 26.2434428°N 127.75961935°E / 26.2434428; 127.75961935 (Okinawa Prefectural Centre for Buried Cultural Properties)
Excavated Artefacts from Shimotabaru Shell Mound
下田原貝塚出土品
Shimotabaru kaizuka shutsudo-hin
c.3800 BP Nishihara Okinawa Prefecture
(kept at the Okinawa Prefectural Centre for Buried Cultural Properties (沖縄県立埋蔵文化財センター)
209 items, comprising 1 piece of earthernware (and a further 85 fragments), 45 stone tools, 137 artefacts of shell, and 26 of bone; Shimotabaru Shell Mound on Hateruma, Taketomi, is a Prefectural Historic Site[7] 26°14′36″N 127°45′35″E / 26.2434428°N 127.75961935°E / 26.2434428; 127.75961935 (Okinawa Prefectural Centre for Buried Cultural Properties)

Municipal Cultural Properties

As of 1 May 2014, one property has been designated at a municipal level.[4][8]

Property Date Municipality Ownership Comments Image Coordinates Ref.
Kaigen Tsuhō Excavated from Sakieda Akazaki Shell Mound
崎枝赤崎貝塚出土開元通宝
Sakieda Akazaki kaizuka shutsudo kaigen tsūhō
Tang dynasty Ishigaki Ishigaki City cast coins 24°20′29″N 124°09′18″E / 24.341320°N 124.154981°E / 24.341320; 124.154981 (Ishigaki City Board of Education)

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