Detecting animal bones used in divination ritual in Japan

The discovery of the right shoulder bone of a wild boar in an oval black pit with pottery, wooden relics and other animal bones shows that, in the 2nd century AD, Himiko mages and others The head of state Yamato may have practiced divination rituals imported from China.

The place is said to be the burial place of Himiko

This black hole was discovered in Makimuku ruins, the area believed to be the burial place of Himiko. On this bone fragment, there are three round marks. Archaeologist Kaoru Terasawa, Makimugaku Research Center, said that the divination ritual using animal bones gradually became an official activity in Japan. In an interview with Asahi Shimbun, he said, "This black soil pit is of special value in understanding the participation in the system of national values ​​of the practice of divination and ritual use early life in the Yayoi period "