Sannai-Maruyam: recovering old history
A miniature model of the Jomon period village, complete with snow, sits in front of the excavation entrance at the Sannai-Maruyama site in Aomori, Japan, Feb. 2, 2013. The excavation of this Jomon settlement unearthed many pit-dwellings, postholes of six-pillared buildings, wetlands filled with waterlogged trash, large burial mounds of adults and children and clay mining pits for pottery production. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Kenna Jackson)