Mizuko Daioji Shell Mound - Mizuko Daioji Shell Mound

Japanese: 水子大応寺貝塚 - みずこだいおうじかいづか

An archaeological site from the early Jomon period in front of Daioji Temple in Mizuko Teramae, Fujimi City, Saitama Prefecture. It is also called Mizuko Shell Mound. It is located about 38 km upstream from the mouth of the Arakawa River, on the right bank of the Shingashi River, on the northeastern edge of the Musashino Plateau overlooking the lowlands of the Arakawa River, at an altitude of about 19 m. The shell mound consists of a group of 67 small shell mounds scattered in a circular shape over an area of about 160 m in diameter. All of them are mainly light shell mounds containing mainly Yamato Corbicula corbicula with some marine shellfish, and have long been a focus of shell mound research. Excavations have been carried out twice, in 1937 and 1967, and in both cases the remains of a pit dwelling were found beneath the shell layer. The results of these two excavations and subsequent drilling surveys have revealed that this shell mound was a large circular settlement that existed over several periods during the early Jomon period.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

埼玉県富士見市水子字寺前の大応寺の門前にある縄文時代前期の遺跡。水子貝塚ともよばれる。荒川の河口から上流へ約38km，新河岸川の右岸，荒川の低地を見下ろす武蔵野台地の北東端部，標高約19mの地に位置する。貝塚は67ヵ所の小貝塚群からなり，径約160mの範囲に環状に点在する。いずれもヤマトシジミを主体に，若干の海水産の貝類が伴う主淡貝塚で，古くから貝塚研究の対象として注目された遺跡である。発掘調査は1937年と67年の2回行われているが，いずれも貝層の下から竪穴住居跡が発見されており，この2回の発掘調査とその後のボーリング調査の結果などによって，この貝塚が縄文時代前期の数時期にわたって営まれた大規模な環状集落であることが明らかになってきている。

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