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Komagata site is located 10 kilometers from the obsidian mines of the Kirigamine Highlands. A number of excavation projects began since 1961 and revealed many pit dwellings and pits from the Initial (c. 10,000?5,000 BC) to Late (c. 2,500?1,700) Jomon periods. This site was designated a National Historic Site in 1998.