Let's Talk About Eyecatchers: **YOSHINOGARI RUINS**  
  
Yoshinogari is a large and complex archaeological site from the Yayoi period located in the cities of Yoshinogari and Kanzaki, Saga Prefecture, Kyushu, Japan. According to the Yayoi chronology established through pottery seriation in the 20th century, Yoshinogari dates from between the 3rd century BCE and the 3rd century CE. However, recent attempts to use absolute dating methods, such as AMS radiocarbon dating, have shown that the oldest Yayoi component of Yoshinogari dates from before 400 BCE.   
  
Remains of buildings have been discovered both inside and outside the Inner Block. It is believed that the pit dwellings and raised-floor buildings were the residences of those participating in the rituals and their retinues, and these have been found in the inner block, along with the high altar, the east altar, and the sanctuary where the rituals took place. Archaeological excavations have also uncovered raised-floor storehouses for food storage, ditches, trenches, and remains of bronze toolmaking.  
  
Many of the remains were also found buried with ornaments such as tubular glass beads. Bronze mirrors from China, Japanese-style bronze mirrors, bronze daggers, coins, bells and halberds, iron tools, wooden tools, prehistoric human hair, and many other artifacts have been unearthed at Yoshinogari. The excavated remains and artifacts share characteristics with those found in northern Kyushu and other parts of Japan, as well as several similarities with those found in mainland China, the Korean Peninsula, and the Ryukyu Islands. This archaeological site is of great importance to Japanese and world prehistory due to its enormous size and the significance of the settlement and artifacts found there.  
  
Numerous examples of pottery, stoneware, bronze, ironwork, and woodwork from the Yayoi period have been excavated. These include accessories such as magatamas and tubular beads, bronze swords and mirrors, textiles and textile products, as well as decorative and ritual objects. In 1998, a bronze dōtaku was discovered near the site. Furthermore, the three keyhole-shaped Zenpō-kōhō-fun tombs found in the ruins are believed to have been constructed on the site after the demise of the Yayoi-period settlement.

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