Yasunagata ruins

Japanese: 安永田遺跡 - やすながたいせき

The remains of a settlement in Yasunagata, Yubi-cho, Tosu City, Saga Prefecture, with a workshop for casting bronze vessels such as bronze bells and bronze spears from the mid-Yayoi period. It is located on a slope of a hill saddle about 50m above sea level, in a complex valley that branches off from the southern foot of Mount Kusenbe at the eastern end of the Sefuri Mountains. There are 58 remains of dwellings, arranged in a horseshoe shape that opens into the valley, and in the open space in the center there are remains of a hearth and a ritual structure. Relics excavated include pottery from around the end of the mid-Yayoi period, as well as a mold for a bronze bell with a horizontal band design with an outer edge and a mold for both a medium-thin and medium-wide bronze spearhead, and star-shaped stone tools.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

佐賀県鳥栖市柚比町安永田にある弥生時代中期の銅鐸，銅鉾などの青銅器鋳造の工房を有する集落跡。脊振山地東端の九千部山の南麓に派生する谷の入り組んだ，標高約50mの丘陵鞍部の傾斜地にある。住居跡は58基あって谷に向かって開き，馬蹄形に配され，中央部の空地には，炉跡，祭祀遺構がある。遺物は，弥生時代中期末ごろの土器に伴って，外縁付鈕式の横帯文銅鐸の鋳型と中細･中広式銅矛の両者型を彫った鋳型および星形石器が出土している。

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