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	Astronomy in Japan - http://www2.gol.com/users/stever/jastro.html Astronomy in Japan with a lot of information on Japanese Star lore and astronomical history.
	Japan Atlas: Historical Sites - http://web-japan.org/atlas/historical/histr_fr.html Lists over 25 historical sites throughout Japan dating to two thousand years ago.
	Mogamigawa River Project - http://www.flet.keio.ac.jp/~abeto/mrp/index_e.html Research on Paleolithic Age of the River Basin, Northeast Japan by Keio University. Includes: a project history, material, published works, and staff.
	History of Nara Prefecture - http://www.pref.nara.jp/pro-e/rekishi.htm Includes a brief synopsis of ancient and prehistoric periods.
	Kusado Sengen - http://www.mars.dti.ne.jp/~suzuki-y/index_e.html Excavation of the remains of a medieval trading town situated close to the mouth of the Ahida River, in the present Fukuyama City, Hiroshima Prefecture.

	Sites in Asuka, Japan - http://www2.gol.com/users/stever/asukas.htm Stone relics and monuments in Nara, of unknown age or origin, with possible Solstitial and/or Principle Term alignments. With photos.
	Soramitsu - History and Geography of Nara - http://www.hgeo.h.kyoto-u.ac.jp/soramitsu/ Tour the old capital with aerial photos and descriptions of prehistoric burial mounds, ancient city-planning, Edo-period maps and urbanization.
	Usuki Stone Buddhas - http://web-japan.org/atlas/historical/his23.html Explores the 60-plus stone Buddhas of Usuki City in Oita Prefecture, carved in the 12th to 14th centuries.
	Excavation at Kaza-ana Cave 1997 - http://www.flet.keio.ac.jp/~abeto/mrp/kazaana_e.html O'hasama Town, Iwate Prefecture. Synopsis with images.
	Sannai Maruyama Archaeological Site - http://sannaimaruyama.pref.aomori.jp/english/ Outline, plans, images, publications, and history of the site.

	Japanese Archaeology - http://www.t-net.ne.jp/~keally/jpnarch.html An essay on the history and current status of Japanese archaeology.
	Introductory Routes of Rice to Japan: An Examination of the Southern Route Hypothesis - http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/asian_perspectives/v040/40.2takamiya.pdf Asian Perspectives 40(2). The beginning of rice agriculture in Japan impacted every aspect of life in most parts of the archipelago. It was the Japanese version of the "Neolithic Revolution." [subscription required]
	C. T. Keally's Japanese Archaeology Pages - http://www.t-net.ne.jp/~keally/index.htm Prehistoric and historic general outline, chronologies, research reports and projects, field photographs, news, links, and contact information.
	Fukui Cave - http://emuseum.mnsu.edu/archaeology/sites/asia/fukuicave.html One of the sites of the Jomon Culture on the southern island of Kyushu.
	An Archaeological History of Japan: 30,000 B.C. to A.D. 700 - http://www.ucl.ac.uk/prehistoric/reviews/03_02_mizoguchi.html By Koji Mizoguchi. A book review.

	Manga and Anime Sites in Japan - http://www.hikyaku.com/gallery/english/sannai.htm Short description of the Sannai Maruyama site.
	The Historic City of Nara - http://upo.unesco.org/bookdetails.asp?id=684 Online version of monograph from the UNESCO Cultural Virtual Library.
	Excavation at Hijiridaki Cave, Oita Prefecture - http://www.nbz.or.jp/eng/pdffiles/hijiridaki.ZIP English abstract by Hideji Harunari from Interdisciplinary Study on the Origins of the Japanese People and Cultures, Archaeology Series No. 14.
	Aota Archaeological Site - http://www.nbz.or.jp/eng/aota.htm Discovered outside of Shibata city. To date, 20 houses dating to the Middle and Final Jomon sub-periods have been found. Images and information available.
	Preliminary Study on the Nut Production of Japanese Chestnut in Aichi Prefecture - http://www.nbz.or.jp/eng/pdffiles/niimi01.pdf Article by Michiko Niimi and Shozo Hiroki, from Zoo-archaeology 15.

	Environmental Adaptation By the Analysis of End-scrapers in the Upper Paleolithic Japan - http://www.nbz.or.jp/eng/pdffiles/tsutsumi01.pdf Abstract of article by T. Tsutsumi from Kokogaku Kenkyu 47.
	Deriving AMS Radiocarbon Age of Fossil Bone by Pretreatment with XAD-2 Resin - http://www.nbz.or.jp/eng/pdffiles/minami.pdf Abstract of article by Masayo Minami and Toshio Nakamura from Quaternary Research 39. A comparison with the gelatin extraction method.
	Assessment of the Archaeo-environment by Using GIS - http://www.nbz.or.jp/eng/pdffiles/tsumura01.pdf Abstract of article by Hiroomi Tsumura, from Zoo-archaeology 15.
	Osteology and Ecology of Otter From Pleistocene to the Present in Japan - http://www.nbz.or.jp/eng/pdffiles/naora01.pdf Abstract by Nobuo Naora, with comments by Hideji Harunari from Zoo-archaeology 15.
	Experimental Study for Detecting Morphological Effects of Thermal Alteration on Obsidian Artifacts - http://www.nbz.or.jp/eng/pdffiles/nakazawa.pdf Abstract of article by Y. Nakazawa from Quaternary Research 39. Quantitative examination in an obsidian assemblage.

Jomon and Yayoi - http://www.wsu.edu:8080/~dee/ANCJAPAN/YAYOI.HTM
Richard Hooker introduces prehistoric Japan: the Jomon, one of the earliest pottery makers in the world, and the Yayoi period which ushered in agriculture. From Washington State University's 'World Civilizations'.

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