Awa Shrine Ruins - Awa Shrine Ruins

Japanese: 安房神社遺跡 - あわじんじゃいせき
Awa Shrine Ruins - Awa Shrine Ruins
This is one of the water-eroded caves found in various places at the foot of the hills surrounding Awa Shrine in Tateyama City, Chiba Prefecture. Excavations in 1932 uncovered more than 22 human skeletons believed to date to the early Kofun period. The cave is 6m long and up to 2m wide, and is connected to a side cave from the back wall. The skeletons were excavated from the bottom of the black soil that had accumulated inside, but this does not seem to indicate that the skeletons were buried. Among these, 15 adult skeletons show the custom of tooth extraction, and the method used was consistent in removing the second incisor and canine teeth of the upper jaw and all incisors of the lower jaw.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:
千葉県館山市に鎮座する安房神社を囲繞(いによう)する丘陵裾の諸所にあいた水食洞窟の一つで,1932年の発掘調査により,古墳時代初頭と考えられる人骨22体以上が発見された。洞窟は長さ6m,幅は最大2mほどで,奥壁から支窟へも通じている。内部に堆積した黒色土の下底部から人骨がまとまって出土したが,埋葬された状態を示すものではないらしい。このうち15体の成人骨に抜歯の風習がみられ,これらは上顎の第2切歯と犬歯,下顎のすべての切歯を除去する手法に統一されている。

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