Taishakukyo ruins

Japanese: 帝釈峡遺跡群 - たいしゃくきょういせきぐん
Taishakukyo ruins

In the northeastern part of Hiroshima Prefecture, the Tojo area of ​​Shobara City and the Jinsekikogen area of ​​Jinseki County are limestone regions known as the "Taishaku River Valley," a national scenic spot. In 1961, the Taishaku-Mawatari Rock Shelter Site was discovered during forest road construction, and it was later revealed that there were numerous Stone Age ruins that made use of the limestone rock shelters and caves. Since the investigation of the Taishaku Madori Rock Shelter in 1987, investigations have continued at the Taishaku Yosekura Rock Shelter, Taishaku Nagoe Rock Shelter, Taishaku Saruana Rock Shelter, Taishaku Shiraishi Cave, Toushigawa Rock Shelter, Taishaku Kannondo Cave, Taishaku Oburo Cave, Taishaku Kobodaki Cave, Taishaku Anagami Rock Shelter, Kushiro Higashiyama Rock Shelter, and Toyomatsudomen Cave. At many of the sites, remains spanning the entire Jomon period have been excavated in stratigraphic order, forming the benchmark for the Jomon culture in western Japan, with some even reaching back to the Paleolithic period.

[Hiroshi Shiomi]

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

広島県の北東部、庄原(しょうばら)市東城(とうじょう)町地区と神石(じんせき)郡神石高原町一帯は、国の名勝「帝釈川の谷」として知られる石灰岩地帯である。1961年(昭和36)に帝釈馬渡(まわたり)岩陰遺跡が林道工事の際に発見され、その後、石灰岩の岩陰・洞窟(どうくつ)を利用した石器時代遺跡の多数存在することが明らかになった。62年の帝釈馬渡岩陰遺跡の調査以来今日まで、帝釈寄倉(よせくら)岩陰、帝釈名越(なごえ)岩陰、帝釈猿穴(さるあな)岩陰、帝釈白石(しらいし)洞窟、戸宇牛川(とううしかわ)岩陰、帝釈観音堂(かんのんどう)洞窟、帝釈大風呂(おおぶろ)洞窟、帝釈弘法滝(こうぼうだき)洞窟、帝釈穴神(あながみ)岩陰、久代東山(くしろひがしやま)岩陰、豊松堂面(とよまつどうめん)洞窟の各遺跡の調査を継続している。多くの遺跡では、縄文時代全般にわたる遺物が層序をなして出土し、西日本の縄文文化の基準になるとともに、旧石器時代に及ぶものもある。

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