Minamisoma History Exhibit - Ancient Times

This display focuses on items excavated from archeological sites within the city, dating back from the Paleolithic Period to the Heian Period (794-1185CE).

These artifacts tell of the daily life and culture of the people at the time, discovered through recent archeological digs at sites such as the Sakurai Ancient Burial Mound, the Hanayama Tunnel Tomb, and the old Izumi Temple ruins.

There is also a display of a foot bellows used in ancient times to create iron. This bellows was moved to the museum from the Nagatoro historic ruins in the Kanazawa area of Minamisoma.

• Paleolithic tools
• Scene from the daily life of the Jomon people (model)
• Jomon hunting implements
• Jomon ornaments
• Jomon implements for rituals
• Tools from the Yayoi Period (300BCE-300CE) for agriculture and industry
• Stone implements from the Sakurai archeological site
• Panels with items from the ancient burial mound as well as the tunnel tomb
• Pit dwelling (model of pit dwelling found at Takami-cho ruins A-1)
• Pictures from archeological excavations
• Earthenware salt pan unearthed in Takami-cho
• Earthenware found at the old Izumi Temple ruins
• Map of the Namekata area (part of the modern-day Soma area)
• Hanayama decorated tunnel tomb (replica) and archaeological finds
• Foot bellows from ancient times (original item, from Nagatoro historic ruins) and archaeological finds