• Duration: April 6th (Wed.) - August 28th (Sun.)
• Location: Temporary exhibition room of the 2nd floor, The Kyoto University Museum
• Opening time, closed days, admission fee, and traffic

However, the mystery was solved by an unexpected clue. It was a roof tile. Roof tiles, which come out in large quantities from ruins, had been mostly disregarded by archaeologists until then because of their lack of individuality. But the archaeology team of Tondabayashi city paid their attention to the textures of the cloths that were used during the manufacture, on the surface of the tiles.

They collected thousands of tiles (about 9 ton) and managed to divide them into several groups according to their individual texture. And they were able to clarify the construction times of Shindo-Haiji temples according to this arrangement.

It is expected that this research technique may help a lot in the development of the study of Japanese history because tiles are usually excavated in large quantities from every site.

Many tiles which have various textures are displayed in the exhibition hall of The Kyoto University Museum. Would you like to experience how it is to be an archaeologist at the Museum?