Ukikuda ruins - Ukikuda ruins

Japanese: 宇木汲田遺跡 - うきくんでんいせき

<br /> The remains of a settlement in Uki, Karatsu City, Saga Prefecture. It is located on a river terrace at the foot of Mt. Yuhiyama, northeast of the left bank of the Uki River, a tributary of the Matsuura River, in the southern part of the Karatsu Plain. Bronze swords, bronze spears, and magatama were excavated from a jar coffin discovered during land reclamation in 1930 ( Showa 5 ), and subsequent investigations revealed that it was a cemetery centered on 129 jar coffin tombs from the middle of the Yayoi period. Many other grave goods were also excavated, including a multi-knobbed mirror with fine patterns, bronze bracelets , and tubular beads. The excavated items were designated an Important Cultural Property in 1960 (Showa 35) as the Uki Excavation Items of Karatsu City, Hizen. A shell mound from the late Jomon period was also discovered at the northern end of the site, and pottery, animal and fish bones, shellfish, and carbonized rice were also excavated. Approximately 17 minutes by car from Onitsuka Station on the JR Chikuhi Line.

Source: Kodansha National Historic Site Guide Information

Japanese:

佐賀県唐津市宇木にある集落跡。唐津平野南部、松浦川の支流、宇木川左岸に近い夕日山東北山麓の河岸段丘上に所在する。1930年（昭和5）の耕地整理で発見された甕棺(かめかん)から銅剣、銅矛、勾玉(まがたま)などが出土し、その後の調査によって弥生時代中期の甕棺墓129基を中心とする墓地であることが判明した。そのほかにも多鈕(たちゅう)細文鏡、銅釧(どうくしろ)、管玉(くだたま)などの副葬品が数多く出土し、出土品は肥前唐津市宇木出土品として、1960年（昭和35）に重要文化財に指定された。また、遺跡の北端では縄文時代晩期の貝塚が発見され、土器、獣や魚の骨、貝類や炭化米も出土した。JR筑肥線鬼塚駅から車で約17分。

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