Esan style pottery

Japanese: 恵山式土器 - えさんしきどき

...Elaborate bone and horn implements have been collected here since ancient times, and academic surveys were conducted twice, in 1940 and 1966. It is a typical site for unearthing Esan-style pottery, which is similar to the Yayoi pottery of the northern Tohoku region, such as Inakadate-style and Futababashi-style pottery, and a burial mound and a thin shell layer have been discovered. The burial pit is an ellipse with major and minor axes of 170cm and 70cm, and is 60 to 130cm deep.

From the Post-Jomon Culture

…Currently, it is broadly divided into an early period, which corresponds to the Yayoi culture of the Tohoku region, and a later period, which corresponds to the Kofun culture. The early culture is roughly divided into two groups: one with Esan-style pottery, which was mainly found in southern Hokkaido, and one with pottery from the northern to northern parts of central, eastern, and northern Hokkaido, each of which shows some regional characteristics. The former has a pottery composition common to the Yayoi culture of the Tohoku region, such as pedestal pottery, jar-shaped, pot-shaped, and bowl-shaped pottery, but also has abundant stone tools and bone and horn tools, and is considered to have been deeply involved in coastal fishing in addition to hunting. …

*Some of the terminology used to refer to "Esan-style pottery" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…古くから精巧な骨角器が採集されていたが，1940年と66年の2回，学術調査が行われた。東北地方北部の弥生式土器である田舎館式，二枚橋式土器などに近い恵山式土器の出土する標準遺跡であり，墳墓と薄い貝層が発見されている。墓壙の平面形は，長･短軸が170cm，70cmの楕円形で，深さ60～130cm。…

【続縄文文化】より

…現在，時期的に東北地方の弥生文化に相当する前期と，同じく古墳文化に相当する後期とに大きく分けられる。前期の文化は大まかに道南を中心とする恵山式土器を伴うものと，道央･道東･道北でそれぞれ若干の地域色を示しながらも前北式から後北式にかけての土器を伴う一群とに大きく二分される。前者は台付土器や甕形，壺形，鉢形など東北地方の弥生文化と共通する土器の組成をもちながら，豊富な石器，骨角器を伴い，狩猟に加えて沿岸漁労にも深くかかわっていたとみなされる文化である。…

※「恵山式土器」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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