Miharada ruins - Miharadaishi

Japanese: 三原田遺跡 - みはらだいせき

Located in Miharada, Akagi Village, Seta District, Gunma Prefecture, this is a large settlement site dating mainly to the late middle Jomon period. Excavations were carried out by the Gunma Prefectural Enterprise Bureau from 1971 to 1973 for the construction of the prefectural Miharada Housing Estate, and the site was destroyed after the excavations were completed. The site is at the end of a hilly plateau on the western foot of Mount Akagi, 1.6 km northeast of Shibukawa Station on the Joetsu Line. Because it was thickly covered by the pumice layer and ash layer of Mount Haruna's Futatsudake, it was not initially thought to be a very large settlement. As a result of the investigation, a settlement consisting of 341 dwelling sites and 1,400 burial pits and storage holes was revealed within a circular area with a diameter of 130 m, but as some areas remain unexplored, it was probably even larger.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

群馬県勢多郡赤城村三原田に所在する，縄文時代中期後半を主体とする大集落遺跡。県営三原田団地の建設のために，群馬県企業局により1971年から73年にかけて発掘調査され，調査終了後に破壊された。遺跡は赤城山西麓の丘陵性台地の末端で，上越線渋川駅の北東1.6kmにある。榛名山二ッ岳軽石層および灰層に厚く覆われていたために，当初はそれほど大規模な遺跡とは考えられていなかった。調査の結果，直径130mの環状の範囲に，住居跡341，墓壙･貯蔵穴等1400からなる集落が明らかにされたが，一部未調査区があるのでさらに大規模であったろう。

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