Kabira Shell Mound

Japanese: 川平貝塚 - かびらかいづか
Kabira Shell Mound
<br /> A shell mound in Kabira, Ishigaki City, Okinawa Prefecture. It is located on a low, independent hill in the center of the peninsula that juts out north, separating Kabira Bay and Sakieda Bay, northwest of Ishigaki Island. It was the first ruins discovered in the Yaeyama Islands, and is considered an important ruin for understanding the Yaeyama of the 15th and 16th centuries, which is different from the culture of the Okinawa Islands, and was designated a national historic site in 1972 (Showa 47). Relics discovered from the middle of the mountain to the flat area at the top include pottery, celadon, stone axes, concave stones, stone pestles, stone plates, shell plates and shells, and mammal and fish bones. Yaeyama pottery is clearly different from that of Okinawa Island, which belongs to the Jomon culture, and is named "outer ear pottery" due to its characteristic of having horizontal handles, which is considered an important characteristic of Yaeyama pottery. The ruins are estimated to date back to the 15th or 16th century, based on the fact that Chinese celadon was excavated there, and it is believed that Yaeyama had its own unique regional culture, unlike the Okinawa Islands. Take the Azuma Bus from Ishigaki City to Kabira, and walk for about 10 minutes.

Source: Kodansha National Historic Site Guide Information

Japanese:

沖縄県石垣市川平にある貝塚。石垣島の北西、川平湾と崎枝湾を仕切るように北に突出する半島中央部の低い独立した丘に所在する。八重山諸島で初めて発見された遺跡で、沖縄諸島の文化とは異なる、15~16世紀の八重山を知るうえで重要な遺跡とされ、1972年(昭和47)に国の史跡に指定された。遺物は中腹から頂上の平坦部にかけて、土器、青磁、石斧(せきふ)、凹石、石杵、石皿、貝皿および貝殻、哺乳動物・魚類の骨が検出された。八重山の土器は縄文文化の系統に属する沖縄本島のものとは明らかに異なり、把手(とって)が水平状に付けられている特徴から「外耳(そとみみ)土器」と命名され、八重山式土器の重要な特徴とされている。遺跡の年代については中国産青磁が出土していることから15~16世紀と推定され、沖縄諸島と異なり、八重山には独自の地域文化が存在していたと考えられている。石垣市から東バス「川平」下車、徒歩約10分。

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