Editing Onigiri (section)

=== Prehistoric ===
On November 12, 1987,<ref name=":0">[http://www.ishikawa-maibun.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/iseki_26.pdf “平成18年度発掘速報会「よみがえる石川の遺跡」- 『いしかわの遺跡 No.26』”] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230326040909/https://www.ishikawa-maibun.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/iseki_26.pdf |date=2023-03-26 }} . ''公式ウェブサイト''. 石川県埋蔵文化財センター. p. 7 (2007年3月30日). 2020年4月21日閲覧。</ref> lumps of carbonized grains of rice, thought to be riceballs, were excavated from a building belonging to the [[Yayoi period]] (2000 years ago) in the Sugitani Chanobatake Ruins in [[Ishikawa Prefecture]]. The carbonized rice had traces which revealed that it was formed by human hands, thus it was initially documented as "the oldest onigiri."<ref name=":0" /><ref>[https://www.town.nakanoto.ishikawa.jp/material/files/group/4/onigiri.pdf “物語10 日本最古のおにぎりが出土 杉谷チャノバタケ遺跡 - 中能登百物語（おにぎりの歴史）”] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230326040908/https://www.town.nakanoto.ishikawa.jp/material/files/group/4/onigiri.pdf |date=2023-03-26 }} . ''公式ウェブサイト''. 中能登町. 2020年4月21日閲覧。</ref> In subsequent research, it was thought to be steamed and grilled, rather than boiled like today's rice, similar to another dish called ''[[Zongzi|chimaki]]''.<ref name=":0" /><ref>「[https://web.archive.org/web/20080916143729/http://www.chunichi.co.jp/article/ishikawa/toku/genba/CK2008090602000236.html 『おにぎりの里』再び 町おこしの熱意 合併後も消えず]」『中日新聞』中日新聞社、2008年9月6日。2008年9月16日閲覧。オリジナルの2018年3月13日時点におけるアーカイブ。</ref> Since then, it has been academically called the "chimaki-shaped carbonized rice lumps (チマキ状炭化米塊)".

In Nakanoto, there is a replica of the relic on display at the roadside station Orihime-no-sato Nakanoto.<ref>{{Cite web |date= |title=杉谷チャノバタケ遺跡 |url=http://noto-satoyamasatoumi.jp/detail.php?tp_no=371 |accessdate=2020-04-21 |publisher=「能登の里山里海」世界農業遺産活用実行委員会 |archive-date=2020-09-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200928183630/http://noto-satoyamasatoumi.jp/detail.php?tp_no=371 |url-status=live }}</ref>