Surveys in northern Tohoku

From January 22nd to 24th, we went to conduct archaeological surveys and take residue samples in Tohoku areas.

January 22 (Tue) Kitaakita City Education Board
Survey: Observing stone tools and taking residue samples of them from the Mukai-samada A site.

Storage facility
Artefacts from the Mukai-samada A site
January 23 (Wed) Aomori Prefectural Archaeological Artifacts Research Center 
Survey: Observing stone tools and taking residue samples of them from the Sunakose site, and observing Ento-doki.

January 24 (Thu) Hachinohe City Archaeological Center Korekawa Jomonkan (URL: JAPANESE only)
Survey: Looking at the exhibition, and observing sediment samples and Ento-doki.


Residue samples I took from stone tools are observed as my initial work prior to our main research projects starting from this coming April.

Some of Ento doki show charred remains on their surfaces. From my next surveys, I will conduct starch analysis of pot residues as well.

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