is a serial UNESCO World Heritage Site consisting of 17 Jōmon-period archaeological sites in Hokkaidō and northern Tōhoku, Japan. The Jōmon period lasted more than 10,000 years, representing "sedentary pre-agricultural lifeways and a complex spiritual culture of prehistoric people".

It was first placed on the World Heritage Tentative List in 2009. In 2021, ICOMOS recommended the inscription in July of the revised serial nomination of seventeen sites under criteria iii and v. It was then officially inscribed on the World Heritage List on 27 July 2021.

Sites All component sites have been designated for protection under the Law for the Protection of Cultural Properties, as Historic Sites or *Special Historic Sites ("ACA" column below).

UNESCO ID Site Municipality Prefecture Comments Image Coordinates ACA 1632-001 Ōdai Yamamoto I SiteŌdai Yamamoto iseki Sotogahama Aomori excavated earthenware has been dated as early as 16500 BP 1632-002 Kakinoshima siteKakinoshima iseki Hakodate Hokkaidō cf. nearby Hakodate Jōmon Culture Center and Hollow Dogū (National Treasure) 1632-003 Kitakogane Shell MoundKitakogane kaizuka Date Hokkaidō 1632-004 Tagoyano siteTagoyano kaizuka Tsugaru Aomori 1632-005 Kamegaoka Burial SiteKamegaoka sekki-jidai iseki Tsugaru Aomori 1632-006 Futatsumori SiteFutatsumori kaizuka Shichinohe Aomori 1632-007 *Sannai Maruyama SiteSannai-Maruyama iseki Aomori Aomori Special Historic Site with associated ICP excavated artefacts 1632-008 Ōfune SiteŌfune iseki Hakodate Hokkaidō 1632-009 Goshono siteGoshono iseki Ichinohe Iwate 1632-010 Irie siteIrie kaizuka Tōyako Hokkaidō 1632-011 Takasago Burial SiteTakasago kaizuka Tōyako Hokkaidō 1632-012 Komakino Stone CircleKomakino iseki Aomori Aomori 1632-013 Isedōtai Stone CirclesIsedōtai iseki Kita-Akita Akita 1632-014 *Ōyu Stone CirclesŌyu kanjōresseki Kazuno Akita Special Historic Site 1632-015 Kiusu Earthwork Burial CirclesKiusu shūteibo-gun Chitose Hokkaidō 1632-016 Ōmori Katsuyama Stone CircleŌmori Katsuyama iseki Hirosaki Aomori 1632-017 Korekawa SiteKorekawa sekki-jidai iseki Hachinohe Aomori ICP excavated artefacts at Korekawa Jōmon Kan

See also

List of National Treasures of Japan (archaeological materials) List of Historic Sites of Japan (Hokkaidō) List of Historic Sites of Japan (Aomori) List of Historic Sites of Japan (Iwate) List of Historic Sites of Japan (Akita) World Heritage Sites in Japan

References

External links Jōmon Prehistoric Sites in Northern Japan