Takaragamine ruins

Japanese: 宝ヶ峯遺跡 - たからがみねいせき

This Jomon period ruins is located in Maeyama, Kitamura, Kawanami-cho, Monou-gun, Miyagi Prefecture. It is located on a hill 30-40m above sea level, 1km south of Maeyachi Station on the JR Ishinomaki Line. In 1910, the landowner, Saito Zen'emon, became interested in the pottery and stone tools that had been unearthed here, and invited Tsuboi Shogoro from Tokyo to appraise them. The name Takaragamine of the ruins was also given to Tsuboi at the request of the Saito family, with the idea that what is known as a mountain of rubble is also a mountain of treasure for academics. His son, Saito Zenjiro, personally carried out excavation surveys from that year through 1927.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

宮城県桃生（ものう）郡河南町北村前山にある縄文時代の遺跡。JR石巻線前谷地駅の南1kmの標高30～40mの丘陵上に立地する。1910年土地所有者の斎藤善右衛門はこの地から土器や石器が出土するのに興味をもち，東京から坪井正五郎を招き鑑定をもとめた。宝ヶ峯という遺跡名も，坪井が斎藤家に請われて，世にいう瓦礫（がれき）の山も学問にとっては宝の山であるという意味で名付けたものである。息子の斎藤善次郎はこの年から27年にかけてみずから発掘調査を行った。

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