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Sannai Maruyama

c. 3900-2200 BCE · Japan

A large settlement preserves houses, storage, craft and long-distance exchange without cereal agriculture or centralized government.

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AI-generated evidence-guided visualization related to Sannai Maruyama, c. 3900-2200 BCE. — AI-generated visualization based on the cited record and period context. It is not documentary evidence or an authenticated reconstruction of a single event.

How the setting appeared

Pit houses, storage facilities and communal structures occupied a forest-rich coastal landscape.

Agent citation CIT-CORE-SANNAI-MARUYAMACIT-CORE069-SANNAI-OFFICIAL Setting and material context · 2 registered source URLs · registration is not semantic proof · audit HEM-AUDIT-20260812

How people lived

People combined fishing, gathering, hunting, cultivation and storage.

Agent citation CIT-CORE-SANNAI-MARUYAMACIT-CORE069-SANNAI-OFFICIAL Lifeways and community · 2 registered source URLs · registration is not semantic proof · audit HEM-AUDIT-20260812

How people worked

Lacquer, pottery, stone, wood and plant-fiber technologies required specialized knowledge.

Agent citation CIT-CORE-SANNAI-MARUYAMACIT-CORE069-SANNAI-OFFICIAL Work, tools and exchange · 2 registered source URLs · registration is not semantic proof · audit HEM-AUDIT-20260812

Belief, ritual and worship

Burials and figurines indicate social and symbolic practice, but named deities are not known.

Agent citation CIT-CORE-SANNAI-MARUYAMACIT-CORE069-SANNAI-OFFICIAL Belief, ritual and evidence limits · 2 registered source URLs · registration is not semantic proof · audit HEM-AUDIT-20260812

World-atlas stage: First cities and Bronze Age
Region: East Asia · Japan
Languages and scripts: Not named in this record
Important people: No individual is centered in this record
Events and changes: c. 3900-2200 BCE: A large, long-lived Jomon settlement developed with pit dwellings, storage facilities and communal works; 1992 CE: A survey ahead of planned construction revealed the settlement's scale and led to its preservation; 2021 CE: Sannai Maruyama was included in the UNESCO inscription for Jomon Prehistoric Sites in Northern Japan
Evidence confidence: High for settlement and subsistence evidence; social roles remain reconstructed.

Agent citation CIT-CORE-SANNAI-MARUYAMACIT-CORE069-SANNAI-OFFICIAL Dates, place, language, people, events and confidence · 2 registered source URLs · registration is not semantic proof · audit HEM-AUDIT-20260812

Historical geography

A dated anchor, not an exact border

The local map uses modern coastlines only for orientation. The marker identifies this record's geographic anchor, not the full reach of a community or polity.

Map geometry loads only when requested. Modern outlines are orientation only; historical geography and identities changed through time.

Agent citation CIT-CORE-SANNAI-MARUYAMACIT-CORE069-SANNAI-OFFICIAL Historical-geography anchor and stated limits · 2 registered source URLs · registration is not semantic proof · audit HEM-AUDIT-20260812

Evidence register

Guides used for this record

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CIT-CORE-SANNAI-MARUYAMA

Sannai Maruyama: record evidence guide

https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1632/

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CIT-CORE069-SANNAI-OFFICIAL

Sannai Maruyama Site

https://jomon-japan.jp/en/learn/jomon-sites/sannai-maruyama

Jomon Prehistoric Sites in Northern Japan

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