Karako-Kagi Site
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The Karako-Kagi Site is an archaeological site in Tawaramoto, Nara Japan.{{Cite web |date=2023-10-16 |title=Karako Kagi [唐古・鍵遺跡] Ancient Village or Settlement : The Megalithic Portal and Megalith Map |url=https://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=29395 |access-date=2023-10-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231016235044/https://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=29395 |archive-date=16 October 2023 }} It has a metallurgical facility, and is near other sites such as the Makimuku ruins. Chicken breeding is known from the site.{{Cite web |title=Chicken breeding in Japan dates back to fourth century BCE |url=https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/04/230420080716.htm |access-date=2023-10-21 |website=ScienceDaily |language=en}}{{Cite journal |last1=Eda |first1=Masaki |last2=Izumi |first2=Hiroe |last3=Yoneda |first3=Minoru |last4=Fujita |first4=Saburo |date=2023-04-01 |title=The earliest evidence of domestic chickens in the Japanese Archipelago |journal=Frontiers in Earth Science |volume=11 |pages=1104535 |doi=10.3389/feart.2023.1104535 |bibcode=2023FrEaS..1104535E |doi-access=free }}{{Cite journal |last1=Eda |first1=Masaki |last2=Izumi |first2=Hiroe |last3=Yoneda |first3=Minoru |last4=Fujita |first4=Saburo |date=2023 |title=The earliest evidence of domestic chickens in the Japanese Archipelago |journal=Frontiers in Earth Science |volume=11 |doi=10.3389/feart.2023.1104535 |issn=2296-6463 |doi-access=free }}{{Cite web |last=Leonard |first=Ben |title=Evidence of Earliest Chicken Breeding Found in Japan - Archaeology Magazine |url=https://www.archaeology.org/news/11394-230425-japan-chicken-breeding |access-date=2023-10-21 |website=www.archaeology.org |language=en-gb}} However no rice paddy fields are associated with it.{{Citation |last1=Okada |first1=Ken’ichi |title=The Nara basin paddies, Japan |date=2015 |url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/cambridge-world-history/nara-basin-paddies-japan/10B4DFEC203094EC48310BD4C374258C |work=The Cambridge World History: Volume 2: A World with Agriculture, 12,000 BCE–500 CE |volume=2 |pages=387–410 |editor-last=Goucher |editor-first=Candice |access-date=2023-10-21 |series=The Cambridge World History |place=Cambridge |publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=978-0-521-19218-7 |last2=Kaner |first2=Simon |editor2-last=Barker |editor2-first=Graeme}}
Museum
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| name = Karako-Kagi Archaeological Museum
| native_name = 唐古・鍵考古学ミュージアム
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| address = 233-1 Sakate
| location_town = Tawaramoto, Nara Prefecture
| location_country = Japan
| coordinates = {{coord|34.55736366|N|135.80238213|E|display=title,inline|format=dms|type:landmark_region:JP_scale:10000}}
| opened_date = 24 November 2004
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| website = {{official website|http://www.karako-kagi-arch-museum.jp}}
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{{nihongo|Karako-Kagi Archaeological Museum|唐古・鍵考古学ミュージアム|Karako-Kagi kōkogaku myūjiamu}} opened in Tawaramoto, Nara Prefecture, Japan, in 2004. Located on the second floor of the {{nihongo|Tawaramoto Aogaki Lifelong Learning Centre|田原本青垣生涯学習センター}}, the museum's three rooms display artefacts from the nearby {{nihongo|Karako-Kagi Site|唐古・鍵遺跡}}, a Yayoi village and National Historic Site, as well as a haniwa in the form of a cow that has been designated an Important Cultural Property.{{cite web |url=http://www.karako-kagi-arch-museum.jp/tenji.html |script-title=ja:展示案内 |trans-title=Guide to the Exhibition |language=Japanese |publisher=Karako-Kagi Archaeological Museum |accessdate=10 November 2015}}{{cite web |url=http://www.town.tawaramoto.nara.jp/03_sightseeing/ruins/karako-kagi.html |script-title=ja:唐古・鍵遺跡（からこ・かぎいせき）国史跡 |trans-title=Karako-Kagi Site (National Historic Site) |language=Japanese |publisher=Tawaramoto Town |accessdate=10 November 2015 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20151205002100/http://www.town.tawaramoto.nara.jp/03_sightseeing/ruins/karako-kagi.html |archivedate=5 December 2015 }}{{cite web |url=https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/9794 |script-title=ja:埴輪牛 |trans-title=Haniwa Cow |language=Japanese |publisher=Agency for Cultural Affairs |accessdate=10 November 2015}}
See also
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External links
- {{in lang|ja}} [http://www.karako-kagi-arch-museum.jp Karako-Kagi Archaeological Museum]
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Category:Museums in Nara Prefecture
Category:Archaeological museums in Japan
Category:Museums established in 2004
Category:2004 establishments in Japan
Category:Archaeological sites in Japan
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