Kitashirakawa ruins - Kitashirakawa ruins

Japanese: 北白川遺跡群 - きたしらかわいせきぐん

A group of ruins from the Jomon to Yayoi periods in Kitashirakawa and Yoshida, Sakyo Ward, Kyoto City. They are located on the Kitashirakawa alluvial fan, one of the complex alluvial fans formed on the southwestern foot of Mt. Hiei in the northeastern part of the Kyoto Basin. From the northeast, they are divided into the Kitashirakawa Kamihatecho ruins, Bettoucho and Oguracho ruins, Oiwakecho ruins, and the Yoshidayama Seiroku ruins. There are also ruins from the Early to Late Jomon period on the alluvial fans at Ichijoji and Shugakuin, about 1.5 km to the north, and the Okazaki ruins from the Jomon to Kofun periods, 1.5 km to the south. The Kamihatecho ruins were excavated by Kobayashi Yukio and others in 1934, and in addition to the remains of a dwelling from the end of the middle Jomon period, early mold-patterned pottery and late Kitashirakawa upper layer pottery were discovered.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

京都市左京区北白川･吉田にある縄文時代～弥生時代の遺跡群。京都盆地の北東部，比叡山南西麓に形成された複合扇状地のひとつ，北白川扇状地上に位置する。北東から北白川上終（かみはて）町遺跡，同別当町･小倉町遺跡，同追分町遺跡，吉田山西麓遺跡に分かれる。北方約1.5kmにある一乗寺，修学院の扇状地上にも縄文時代早期～晩期の遺跡群があり，南方1.5kmにも縄文時代～古墳時代の岡崎遺跡がある。上終町遺跡は1934年に小林行雄らが発掘し，縄文時代中期末の住居址1棟のほか，早期押型文土器，後期北白川上層式土器が発見された。

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