Korekawa Site

Korekawa Site
是川遺跡
Korekawa Jōmon Kan
Korekawa Jōmon Kan
Korekawa Site (Japan)
LocationHachinohe, Aomori, Japan
RegionTōhoku region
Coordinates40°28′32″N 141°29′18.1″E / 40.47556°N 141.488361°E / 40.47556; 141.488361
Typesettlement, midden
History
Founded3000 BC to 300 BC
PeriodsJōmon period
Site notes
Excavation dates1962, 1999-2004
Public accessYes (Museum on site)

The Korekawa Site (是川遺跡, Korekawa iseki) is an archaeological site in the city of Hachinohe, Aomori Prefecture, in the Tōhoku region of northern Japan containing the ruins of a middle to late Jōmon period (3000-1000 BC) settlement. The remains were designated a National Historic Site in 1957 by the Japanese government. It is also referred to as the "Korekawa Stone Age site", although the remains discovered are from the Jōmon period, rather than the Japanese Paleolithic period.