Kasori Shell Mound

Japanese: 加曾利貝塚 - かそりかいづか
Kasori Shell Mound
This Jomon period site is located in Sakuragicho, Wakaba Ward, Chiba City. Two horseshoe-shaped shell mounds, one north and one south, are adjacent to each other on a 30m-high alluvial plateau facing a tributary of the Miyako River. This is the largest shell mound, composed mainly of marine shellfish, and two types of pottery, Kasori E type and Kasori B type, have been identified.
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Japanese:
千葉市若葉区桜木町にある縄文(じょうもん)時代の遺跡。都川の支谷に面する標高30mの洪積台地上に,南北二つの馬蹄(ばてい)形貝塚が相接して存在する。主として海産貝類で構成されている最大規模の貝塚で,加曾利E式,B式の二つの土器型式が設定された。
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