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The Ando shell mound is located in the northern tip of Ando at the end of the Yeosu Peninsula, rising eight meters above the sea. The shell mount consists of three layers. Excavations produced four pit grave from Neolithic Age, nine hearths, 11 vertical features, and about 500 articles showing the Neolithic cultural characteristics of the south coast. There were bones of three men and two women found in the tombs. Tomb 3 had five shell bracelets, which can be compared with those excavated at the shell mounds in Kyushu. In addition, earthenware similar to Jomon pottery of Kyushu was excavated, which offers many implications for cultural exchanges between Korea and Japan. There were about 220 stonework pieces made of obsidian that seem to have been imported from Kyushu along with one earring. The articles excavated at the Ando shell mound are judged to be very important for understanding the burial customs and external exchanges between the south coast of the Korean Peninsula and the Kyushu region of Japan.