Okinawa Prefecture Archaeological Center

Archaeology museum in Nishihara, Japan

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Okinawa Prefecture Archaeological Center

沖縄県立埋蔵文化財センター

General information
Address| 193-7 Uehara
Town or city| Nishihara, Okinawa Prefecture
Country| Japan
Coordinates| 26°14′36″N 127°45′34″E﻿ / ﻿26.243330°N 127.759518°E﻿ / 26.243330; 127.759518
Opened| 1 April 1990[1]
Website
Official website (ja)

The Okinawa Prefecture Archaeological Center (沖縄県立埋蔵文化財センター, Okinawa-ken Maizō Bunkazai Sentā) opened in Nishihara, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan in 1990.[1] The facility researches, preserves, and utilizes through display and other activities the prefecture's Buried Cultural Properties.[1] As of the early Reiwa era, around four thousand such sites have been identified in Okinawa Prefecture, from the Palaeolithic to modern times, including shell mounds, settlements, tombs, gusuku, underwater sites, and war ruins.[2]

## See also

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* Okinawa Prefectural Museum
* List of Historic Sites of Japan (Okinawa)
* List of Cultural Properties of Japan - archaeological materials (Okinawa)
* List of Cultural Properties of Japan - historical materials (Okinawa)
* Ryukyu University Museum (Fūjukan)

## References

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1. ^ a b c 設置目的 [Purpose] (in Japanese). Okinawa Prefecture. Retrieved 1 November 2023.
2. ^ 埋蔵文化財 [Buried Cultural Properties] (PDF) (in Japanese). Okinawa Prefecture. Retrieved 1 November 2023.

## External links

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* (in English) Okinawa Prefecture Archaeological Center
* (in Japanese) Okinawa Prefecture Archaeological Center: list of reports (Nabunken)

Authority control databases

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* VIAF

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* United States
* Japan

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* CiNii

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