Okinawa Prefecture Archaeological Center Explained

Okinawa Prefecture Archaeological Center
Native Name:	沖縄県立埋蔵文化財センター
Address:	193-7 Uehara
Location Town:	Nishihara, Okinawa Prefecture
Location Country:	Japan
Coordinates:	26.2433°N 127.7595°W
Opened Date:	1 April 1990^[1]
Website:	(ja)

The opened in Nishihara, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan in 1990.^[1] The facility researches, preserves, and utilizes through display and other activities the prefecture's Buried Cultural Properties.^[1] As of the early Reiwa era, around four thousand such sites have been identified in Okinawa Prefecture, from the Palaeolithic to modern times, including shell mounds, settlements, tombs, gusuku, underwater sites, and war ruins.^[2]

See also

• Okinawa Prefectural Museum
• List of Historic Sites of Japan (Okinawa)
• List of Cultural Properties of Japan - archaeological materials (Okinawa)
• List of Cultural Properties of Japan - historical materials (Okinawa)
• Ryukyu University Museum (Fūjukan)

External links

• Okinawa Prefecture Archaeological Center
• Okinawa Prefecture Archaeological Center: list of reports (Nabunken)

Notes and References

1. Web site: https://www.pref.okinawa.jp/edu/maizo/bunkakesho/chosa/maizo/maizo/mokuteki.html . ja:設置目的 . Purpose . ja . . 1 November 2023.
2. Web site: https://www.pref.okinawa.lg.jp/edu/bunkazai/edu/jimukyoku/bunkazai/documents/08-2r2.pdf . ja:埋蔵文化財 . Buried Cultural Properties . ja . . 1 November 2023.