This list is of the Cultural Properties of Japan designated in the category of archaeological materials (考古資料, kōko shiryō) for the Prefecture of Okinawa. [1]
As of 1 January 2015, two Important Cultural Properties have been designated, being of national significance. [2] [3] [4]
Property | Date | Municipality | Ownership | Comments | Image | Coordinates | Ref. |
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Excavated Artefacts from
Sefa-utaki 沖縄県斎場御嶽出土品 Okinawa-ken sēfā utaki shutsudo-hin |
Ryukyu Kingdom | Nanjō | Nanjō City (kept at the Nanjō Office of Administration (南城市役所 本庁舎総務課)) |
562 items, comprising 9 magatama (3 of gold), ten pieces of celadon, 9 gold coins (yoshōsen ( 厭勝銭), and 534 copper coins (senka ( 銭貨)); Sefa-utaki is an Historic Site and part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site Gusuku Sites and Related Properties of the Kingdom of Ryukyu [5] | 26°08′40″N 127°46′01″E / 26.14436935°N 127.76706372°E | [1] | |
Excavated Ceramics from the Site of
Shuri Castle 沖縄県首里城京の内跡出土陶磁器 Okinawa-ken Shuri-jō kyō no uchi ato shutsudo tōjiki |
First Shō Dynasty | Nishihara | Okinawa Prefecture (kept at the Okinawa Prefectural Centre for Buried Cultural Properties (沖縄県立埋蔵文化財センター) |
518 items; Shuri Castle is an Historic Site and part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site Gusuku Sites and Related Properties of the Kingdom of Ryukyu [5] | 26°14′36″N 127°45′35″E / 26.2434428°N 127.75961935°E | [2] |
As of 1 May 2014, two properties have been designated at a prefectural level. [4] [6]
Property | Date | Municipality | Ownership | Comments | Image | Coordinates | Ref. |
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Excavated Artefacts from Kogachibaru Shell Mound 古我地原貝塚出土品 Kogachibaru kaizuka shutsudo-hin |
mid to late- Jōmon | Nishihara | Okinawa Prefecture (kept at the Okinawa Prefectural Centre for Buried Cultural Properties (沖縄県立埋蔵文化財センター) |
234 items, comprising 30 pieces of earthenware, 101 stone tools, 58 artefacts made of shell, 39 of bone, and 6 of stone; Kogachibaru Shell Mound is in Uruma City [7] | 26°14′36″N 127°45′35″E / 26.2434428°N 127.75961935°E | [3] | |
Excavated Artefacts from Shimotabaru Shell Mound 下田原貝塚出土品 Shimotabaru kaizuka shutsudo-hin |
c.3800 BP | Nishihara | Okinawa Prefecture (kept at the Okinawa Prefectural Centre for Buried Cultural Properties (沖縄県立埋蔵文化財センター) |
209 items, comprising 1 piece of earthenware (and a further 85 fragments), 45 stone tools, 137 artefacts of shell, and 26 of bone; Shimotabaru Shell Mound on Hateruma, Taketomi, is a Prefectural Historic Site [7] | 26°14′36″N 127°45′35″E / 26.2434428°N 127.75961935°E | [4] |
As of 1 May 2014, one property has been designated at a municipal level. [4] [8]
Property | Date | Municipality | Ownership | Comments | Image | Coordinates | Ref. |
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Kaigen Tsuhō Excavated from Sakieda Akazaki Shell Mound 崎枝赤崎貝塚出土 開元通宝 Sakieda Akazaki kaizuka shutsudo kaigen tsūhō |
Tang dynasty | Ishigaki | Ishigaki City | cast coins | 24°20′29″N 124°09′18″E / 24.341320°N 124.154981°E | [5] |