Futatsukayama ruins - Futatsukayama ruins

Japanese: 二塚山遺跡 - ふたつかやまいせき

This archaeological site is located across Tsutsumi, Kamimine Village, Miyaki County, Saga Prefecture, and Higashiyama, Higashisefuri Village, Kanzaki County, and is one of the few burial sites where the entire area from the early to late Yayoi period has been confirmed. It is located on a branch of the mountain range at an altitude of 40 to 50 meters, almost in the center of the hill known as Futatsukayama, which extends from the southern foot of the Sefuri Mountains and juts out into the center of the Saga Plain, and covers an area of approximately 3,000 m2. Excavations conducted from February 1975 to July 1976 revealed the remains of 159 jar coffin tombs, 89 pit tombs, 6 stone coffin tombs, and 8 burial and ritual sites, which are arranged along the back of the hill in an area 140 meters long and 20 meters wide, showing the transition of eras.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

佐賀県三養基（みやき）郡上峰村堤および神埼郡東脊振村東山にわたって存在する遺跡で，弥生時代前期～後期にかけての墓域全域をほぼ確認できた数少ない埋葬跡である。脊振山地南麓から派生して佐賀平野の中央部へ長く突出する丘陵，通称二塚山のほぼ中央の標高40～50mの一支脈上にあり，約3000m2を占める。1975年2月～76年7月の発掘調査で，甕棺墓159基，土壙墓89基，石棺墓6基，埋葬祭祀跡8ヵ所の遺構が，丘陵の背に沿って長さ140m，幅20mの範囲に時代の変遷のようすを見せながら配置されている。

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