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The Ômori shellmound, located in [[Tokyo]] and excavated by [[Edward Sylvester Morse]] in [[1877]], represented a significant contribution to the emergence and early development of the disciplines of archaeology and anthropology in Japan, and was among the first studies of prehistoric Japanese culture.

The Ômori shellmound, located in [[Tokyo]] and excavated by [[Edward Sylvester Morse]] in [[1877]], represented a significant contribution to the emergence and early development of the disciplines of archaeology and anthropology in Japan, and was among the first studies of prehistoric Japanese culture.

Morse noticed the mound as he rode the train from [[Yokohama]] to [[Shinbashi]] in June 1877, and returned to the site shortly afterwards to excavate it. Pottery shards, stone tools, human and other bones, and shells found in the mound revealed much about prehistoric Japan. Morse's findings, published in [[1879]], were among the first modern scholarly work on prehistoric Japan to be published in either English or Japanese.

Morse noticed the mound as he rode the train from [[Sakuragicho Station|Yokohama]] to [[Shinbashi]] in June 1877, and returned to the site shortly afterwards to excavate it. Pottery shards, stone tools, human and other bones, and shells found in the mound revealed much about prehistoric Japan. Morse's findings, published in [[1879]], were among the first modern scholarly work on prehistoric Japan to be published in either English or Japanese.

Today, a small monument located on the platform at Ômori Station marks the site as the "site of the origin of Japanese archaeology" (''Nihon kôkogaku hasshô no chi'').

Today, a small monument located on the platform at Ômori Station marks the site as the "site of the origin of Japanese archaeology" (''Nihon kôkogaku hasshô no chi'').