Kugahara ruins

Japanese: 久ガ原遺跡 - くがはらいせき

Located in Kugahara 4-6-chome, Ota-ku, Tokyo, this is the remains of a late Yayoi period settlement located on a plateau about 19m above sea level on the left bank of the downstream Tama River. During road construction work associated with land readjustment that began in 1927, large and small pit dwellings were discovered in the cuts, and many pottery fragments were also excavated, drawing attention to the site. Some of the pit dwellings were destroyed in fires. Excavations were conducted on part of the settlement in 1947-48. In 1939, a detailed classification of the pottery excavated from this site led to the idea that it could be divided into two periods, an earlier period and an later period, and it was unified into the names of the older period being Kugahara style and the newer period being Yayoi-cho style.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

東京都大田区久が原4～6丁目にあって，多摩川下流左岸の標高約19mの台地上に位置した弥生時代後期の集落跡。1927年から始まった区画整理に伴う道路工事に際し，その切通しに大小の竪穴住居が発見され，多くの土器片も出土することから注意されるようになった。竪穴住居には火災にあって焼失したものもあるという。1947‐48年には集落の一部分を発掘調査している。1939年に当遺跡出土の土器を細かく分類した結果，前後2時期に分け得るという考えが出され，古い方を久ガ原式，新しい方を弥生町式と呼ぶことに統一した。

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