Deep History of Northeast Asia: Korean Peninsula, Japanese Archipelago, and Connected Seas
Aomori Bay and northern Honshu · Profil avec revue des sources

Sannai Maruyama and long-lived Jōmon settlement

三内丸山遺跡 / Sannai Maruyama site

Pit dwellings, storage pits, graves, large post-built structures, plant cultivation and management, hunting, fishing, craft, and long-distance materials document changing community life over many generations.

Long-lived Jōmon-period settlement, household, subsistence, craft, burial, and exchange context Approximately 3900-2200 BCE Dwellings, storage, burials, postholes, middens, botanical and faunal remains, ceramics, lithics, lacquer, exchange materials, dating, and landscape study Sannai Maruyama archaeological site and museum; a major settlement, not a tribal capital or national origin point
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Éléments probants, paysages, échelle communautaire, organisation politique et connexions

Connexions péninsulaires, insulaires, fluviales, côtières et maritimes

Bay, river, forest, nut trees, fishing waters, hunting grounds, clay, stone, and exchange routes supported repeated settlement and seasonal work.

Organisation politique et échelle communautaire

Households coordinated storage, burial, construction, subsistence, gathering, cultivation, craft, and exchange. Large structures imply collective labor but not a known centralized state.

Transformation ultérieure, patrimoine vivant et réception moderne

Aomori institutions manage a public archaeological park and museum. Human remains and reconstructed lifeways require ethical care and cannot establish modern ancestry or identity.

Occupation span about 1,700 years

Repeated phases and changing practices, not an unchanged community identity.

Current official chronology [S1] [S2]
Subsistence diverse gathering, cultivation, fishing, and hunting

Activities changed seasonally and chronologically.

Current archaeology [S2] [S3]
Political limit no demonstrated centralized state

Large structures show coordination but not a capital or universal hierarchy.

Reviewed 2026 [S1] [S3]
Séquence historique

Uma cronologia breve e documentada

Ces repères servent d'orientation et ne constituent pas une histoire complète.

  1. Settlement expands

    Households established dwellings, storage, graves, food processing, and craft areas near Aomori Bay.

  2. Collective construction and exchange intensify

    Large post settings and distant materials indicate coordinated labor and broad networks without proving centralized rule.

  3. Large settlement use declines

    Occupation changed amid environmental, social, and subsistence shifts whose relative importance remains debated.

  4. Rescue excavation, preservation, and World Heritage

    Planned development led to large excavation, preservation, public interpretation, and inclusion in the serial property.

Culture et langue

Foyers, subsistance, travail, langue, croyances, artisanat, échange et mobilité

Langues mentionnées dans ce profil

  • No deciphered written-language archive
  • Material style cannot identify one spoken language or ethnic group

Famille linguistique: Unknown from archaeological evidence

Long occupation reveals change rather than a static Jōmon way of life.

Botanical evidence includes managed chestnut and other plant use.

Jade, obsidian, and asphalt show connections beyond the immediate settlement.

Elite tombs, palaces, inscriptions, court chronicles, imported objects, and state heritage narratives are often more visible than households, women, children, fishers, farmers, craftspeople, migrants, captives, enslaved or coerced people, and rural communities. Evidence gaps must not be filled with civilizational hierarchy, ethnic purity, empty-land, foreign-founder, or simple population-replacement narratives.

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  1. C1

    Jomon Prehistoric Sites in Northern Japan

    UNESCO World Heritage Centre · International archaeological heritage record · 2021; current record

  2. C2

    Petroglyphs along the Bangucheon Stream

    UNESCO World Heritage Centre · International archaeological heritage record · 2025; current record

  3. C3

    Petroglyphs of Sikachi-Alyan

    UNESCO World Heritage Centre · State-submitted archaeological heritage record · 2003; current tentative-list record

  4. C4

    Gochang, Hwasun and Ganghwa Dolmen Sites

    UNESCO World Heritage Centre · International archaeological heritage record · 2000; current record

  5. C5

    Complex of Koguryo Tombs

    UNESCO World Heritage Centre · International archaeological and conservation record · 2004; current record

  6. C6

    Mozu-Furuichi Kofun Group

    UNESCO World Heritage Centre · International archaeological heritage record · 2019; current record

  7. C7

    Japan World Heritage properties

    UNESCO World Heritage Centre · International heritage directory including Asuka-Fujiwara and Nara · Current state-party record

  8. C8

    National Ainu Museum

    Upopoy National Ainu Museum and Park · Living Ainu cultural and museum institution · Current institutional resource

  9. C9

    National Museum of Korea

    National Museum of Korea · National museum research and collections resource · Current institutional resource

  10. C10

    National Museum of Japanese History

    National Institutes for the Humanities · National historical and archaeological research museum · Current institutional resource

  11. C11

    Sacred Island of Okinoshima and Associated Sites in the Munakata Region

    UNESCO World Heritage Centre · International archaeological and sacred-landscape record · 2017; current record

  12. C12

    Baekje Historic Areas

    UNESCO World Heritage Centre · International archaeological heritage record · 2015; current record

  13. S1

    Jomon Prehistoric Sites in Northern Japan

    UNESCO World Heritage Centre · International serial archaeological heritage record · 2021; current record

  14. S2

    Sannai Maruyama Site

    Jomon Prehistoric Sites World Heritage Promotion Office · Official archaeological-site interpretation · Current official site resource

  15. S3

    Sannai-Maruyama Special Historical Site

    Aomori Prefectural Government · Regional archaeological authority · Current site and museum resource

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Revisión editorial: 5 août 2026