Moyoro Shell Mound

Moyoro Shell Midden
モヨロ貝塚
Moyoro Shell Midden
Moyoro Shell Midden
Moyoro Shell Mound (Japan)
LocationAbashiri, Japan
RegionHokkaido
Coordinates44°1′30.0″N 144°16′3.7″E / 44.025000°N 144.267694°E / 44.025000; 144.267694
Typeshell midden
History
PeriodsZoku-Jōmon - Okhotsk
Site notes
Public accessYes (no facilities at site)
WebsiteOfficial website

The Moyoro Shell Midden (モヨロ貝塚, Moyoro kaizuka) is an archaeological site in the Kita 1-jo and Kita 3-jo Higashi 2-chome neighborhood of the city of Abashiri, Hokkaido, Japan with a Okhotsk culture shell midden. The site was designated a National Historic Site in 1936. Its name is also written in kanji as "最寄貝塚".