Relic Scattering Area - Ibutsu-san Puchi

…In 1894, Torii Ryuzo and Ohno Entaro discovered pottery and stone tools several tens of centimeters below the surface in a cut in the hills of Kokubunji, Tokyo, and were the first to recognize that ruins existed not on the ground but "several feet underground." In the 107th issue of the Journal of the Tokyo Anthropological Society (1895), the two named this the "artifact-containing layer," and called the remains that had been destroyed by development and cultivation and scattered above ground the "artifact-scattering area" (later popularized as the "artifact-scattering area"). Therefore, in academic history, the artifact-containing layer does not include the shell mound sedimentary layer. …

*Some of the terminology used to refer to "artifact scattering areas" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…1894年，鳥居竜蔵，大野延太郎は，東京国分寺の丘の切通しで，地表下数十cmに土器，石器が包含されているのを実見し，遺跡が地上ではなく〈地下幾尺かの土中〉に存在することを初めて認識した。2人は《東京人類学会雑誌》第107号(1895)でこれを〈遺物包含層〉と名づけ，開発･耕作によってこれがこわれ，地上に散乱したものを〈遺物散列地〉(のちに遺物散布地の名で普及)とよんだ。したがって学史的には，遺物包含層は貝塚の堆積層を含まないことになる。…

※「遺物散布地」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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