Tokoro ruins

Japanese: 常呂遺跡 - ところいせき

<br /> The remains of a settlement thought to be about 1800 years old, located in Tokoro Town, Kitami City, Hokkaido. It is located on a sand dune about 300m wide and 2.7km long that runs from the mouth of the Tokoro River along the Okhotsk coast to the west shore of Lake Saroma. There are more than 2000 pit dwellings and many small pits that are thought to be tombs, mainly from the Late Jomon, Satsumon , and Okhotsk culture periods. Pit dwellings that are not completely buried and leave depressions on the ground are particularly common from the northern Tohoku region to Hokkaido, and the Tokoro ruins are one of the largest and most densely populated of them all. Since excavation in 1957 (Showa 32), the remains of about 2500 pit dwellings have been confirmed, and investigations are still ongoing, mainly in the Tokoro River system. It was designated as a national historic site in 1974 (Showa 49), and was designated as an additional site in 2002 (Heisei 14). Currently, they can be seen at the "Tokoro Ruins Forest and Tokoro Ruins Museum" that was developed by the former Tokoro Town in Sakaeura . To get to the "Tokoro Ruins Forest and Tokoro Ruins Museum", take the Abashiri Bus from Abashiri Station on the JR Sekihoku Main Line or other lines and get off at "Lake Saromako Sakaeura", then walk for about 2 minutes.

Source: Kodansha National Historic Site Guide Information

Japanese:

北海道北見市常呂町にある約1800年前のものと考えられる集落跡。オホーツク海岸に沿って常呂川の河口からサロマ湖西岸へと続く幅約300m、長さ約2.7kmの砂丘にあり、続縄文時代、擦文(さつもん)時代、オホーツク文化期を中心とする2000基以上の竪穴(たてあな)住居跡および墳墓と推定される多数の小型竪穴が残っている。埋没しきらずに地表に窪みを残す竪穴群はとくに東北地方北部から北海道にかけて多いが、常呂遺跡はその中でも最大規模、最大密度の遺跡の一つである。1957年（昭和32）の発掘調査以来、約2500軒の竪穴式住居跡が確認されており、現在も常呂川水系を中心に調査は続行されしている。1974年（昭和49）に国指定史跡となり、2002年（平成14）にも追加指定された。現在は、旧常呂町が栄浦(さかえうら)に整備した「ところ遺跡の森・ところ遺跡の館」でそれらを見ることできる。「ところ遺跡の森・ところ遺跡の館」へは、JR石北本線ほか網走駅から網走バス「サロマ湖栄浦」下車、徒歩約2分。

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