Isehara Hachimandai Stone Age Dwelling Site
The Isehara Hachimandai Stone Age Dwelling Site (伊勢原八幡台石器時代住居跡, Isehara Hachimandai sekki-jidai jūkyo ato) is an archaeological site contained the ruins of a Jōmon period settlement located in what is now the Hachimandai neighborhood of the city of Isehara, Kanagawa Prefecture in the southern Kantō region of Japan. The site was designated as National Historic Site of Japan in 1934.[1]
伊勢原八幡台石器時代住居跡 | |
Isehara Hachimandai Stone Age Dwelling Site Isehara Hachimandai Stone Age Dwelling Site (Japan) | |
| Location | Isehara, Kanagawa, Japan |
|---|---|
| Region | Kantō region |
| Coordinates | 35°23′20″N 139°18′31″E |
| Type | settlement |
| History | |
| Periods | Jōmon period |
| Site notes | |
| Discovered | 1934 |
| Public access | Yes (no public facilities) |
Overview
The Isehara Hachimandai site was located on a tongue-shaped ridge between the Suzukawa and Shibata Rivers. The foundations of an oval-shaped pit dwelling with an andesite flagstone floor was found in 1933 which was measured about six meters from north to south and 3.4 meters from east-to-west. These andesite flagstones were from the Nebukawa area of what is now Odawara, and thus had to be transport a considerable distance to this site. In 1934, a second pit dwelling remnant was discovered 150 meters away. It was roughly circular, with a diameter of 8.5 meters, and also had a flagstone floor made of round river stones. At that time, only a few pit dwellings from the middle to late Jōmon period (approximately 3500 years ago) with flagstone floors had been discovered, which lead to the protection of these ruins as a National Historic Site. In 1979, new excavations found a third pit dwelling trace adjacent to the second building, and per a survey conducted in 1990, two raised-floor structures, a fourth pit dwelling and 19 graves with pottery sarcophagus were discovered, along with a quantity of Jōmon pottery shards. [2]
The site was located about a 15-minutes walk from Isehara Station on the Odakyu Electric Railway Odawara Line. The ruins were backfilled after excavation and only an explanatory placard is at the site.[2]
References
- "伊勢原八幡台石器時代住居跡" (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved September 20, 2020.
- Isomura, Yukio; Sakai, Hideya (2012). (国指定史跡事典) National Historic Site Encyclopedia. 学生社. ISBN 4311750404.(in Japanese)
External links
- Isehara city official site(in Japanese)