Shiraho Saonetabaru Cave Ruins

Shiraho Saonetabaru Cave Ruins (白保竿根田原洞穴遺跡 Shiraho Saonetabaru Dōketsu Iseki) is an archeological site located on Ishigaki Island of the Yaeyama Islands of Japan.

It was discovered in 2007 when plans for the New Ishigaki Airport were being developed. Remains of human heads, feet, arms were found, in all 9 bones, by the Okinawa Limestone Cave Association.[1]

Researchers from the University of the Ryukyus as well as the University of Tokyo came and used radiocarbon dating on the bones, one man's skull bones between 20–30 years was found to be some 20,000 years ago, another two items found to be 18,000 years of age. This would make these bones the oldest ever found in Japanese territory, surpassing those of the Hamakita Site of Shizuoka's Negata Cave, which were found to date to some 14,000 years ago.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "石器使わなかった旧石器人？　石垣島・白保竿根田原洞穴". Asahi Shinbun (in Japanese) (Tokyo, Japan: Asahi Shimbun Company Shinbun). 6 Nov 2011. Retrieved 2013-04-01.
  2. ↑ http://www.okinawatimes.co.jp/article/2010-02-04_2650

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