Detail: Miyahata Jomon Museum Ceiling

摘要

In 1998, workers constructing an industrial park on the outskirts of Fukushima, Japan, made one of the largest archaeological discoveries in the country's modern history: the ruins at Miyahata, which date back to Japan's Jomon period (circa 12,000 B.C. to 300 B.C.). Last year, a two-story, 12,400-square-foot museum dedicated to this period opened. Designed by Tokyo-based Furuichi & Associates with Suzuki Sekkei, the concrete structure sits atop the excavated ruins, which are illuminated and on display courtesy of an expansive glass floor in the main entrance hall.