Shigasato ruins

Japanese: 滋賀里遺跡 - しがさといせき

Located in Mise 1-chome and 2-chome, Otsu City, Shiga Prefecture, this is one of the largest archaeological sites from the late Jomon period in the Kinki region. It is located on the west shore of Lake Biwa, at the end of a complex alluvial fan formed at the southeastern foot of Mt. Hiei, at an altitude of 95m, and 10m above the water surface of Lake Biwa. Excavations by Kyoto University in 1948 unearthed Shiga-Sato-style pottery consisting of a basic combination of a dark brown shallow bowl with arc-shaped patterns made by sculpting or half-cut bamboo pipes, and a deep bowl with almost no pattern. This was accompanied by pottery from the O-Hora B and BC styles (O-Hora shell mound) from the late Tohoku region and early late Hokuriku region, and the shallow bowls showed influences from the black polished shallow bowls of the Kyushu region, making it a reference material for the early late Kinki region.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

滋賀県大津市見世1丁目，2丁目にある近畿地方最大級の縄文時代晩期の遺跡。琵琶湖の西岸，比叡山南東麓に形成された複合扇状地の末端に立地し，標高95m，琵琶湖水面との比高は10mをはかる。1948年の京都大学による発掘調査では，篦描（へらがき）や半截竹管による弧状文をもつ黒褐色の浅鉢と，文様をほとんどもたない深鉢とを基本的な組合せとする滋賀里式土器を注出した。これには東北地方晩期の大洞B･BC式(大洞貝塚)や北陸地方晩期初頭の土器が伴い，また，浅鉢には九州地方の黒色磨研浅鉢の影響が認められるなど，近畿地方晩期前葉の基準資料となるものであった。

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