Urigou ruins

Japanese: 瓜郷遺跡 - うりごういせき

<br /> The remains of a settlement in Yorimichi, Toyohashi City, Aichi Prefecture. Located in the alluvial marshland downstream of the Toyokawa River called Urigō, on a sandbar from that time, Yayoi pottery showing five styles exists in multiple layers. It is an important marshland site comparable to the Karako site in Nara Prefecture and the Toro site in Shizuoka Prefecture. No traces of rice paddies have been found, but there are remains of dwellings with rounded corners and rectangular or oval floors, and there is also a shell mound. The remains of the dwelling are not of the pit dwellings commonly seen in the Yayoi period, but of a flatland dwelling. It is thought that pit dwellings could not be dug due to the low marshland, and the site is oval-shaped with a long diameter of 5.5m and a short diameter of 3.6m, and has two post holes. Many remains, including pottery, stone tools, and bone and horn tools, have been discovered, and various wooden agricultural tools have also been excavated, showing the characteristics of a lowland site. The area was designated a national historic site in 1953 (Showa 28) due to the continuous existence of settlements from the middle to late Yayoi period, shell mounds, and the valuable evidence of fishing and hunting in addition to farming. It is about a 13-minute walk from Shimoji Station on the JR Iida Line.

Source: Kodansha National Historic Site Guide Information

Japanese:

愛知県豊橋市寄道にある集落跡。瓜郷と呼ばれる豊川下流の沖積低湿地に位置し、当時の砂州上にあって、5様式を示す弥生土器が重層的に存在する。奈良県の唐古(からこ)遺跡や静岡県の登呂(とろ)遺跡に匹敵する重要な低湿地遺跡で、水田跡は発見されていないが、隅丸の矩形(くけい)または楕円形の床面の住居跡があり、貝塚も存在する。住居跡は弥生時代に多く見られる竪穴(たてあな)式ではなく平地式の住居で、低湿地のため竪穴が掘れなかったと思われ、敷地は長径5.5m、短径3.6mの小判形で柱穴が2つある。遺物は土器や石器、骨角器などが多数発見され、木製の各種農具なども出土して低地性遺跡の特色を示している。弥生文化の中期～後期に集落が継続的に存在し、貝塚もあって、農耕生活以外に漁労と狩猟との生活の痕跡を示すものとして価値があることから、1953年（昭和28）に国の史跡に指定された。JR飯田線下地駅から徒歩約13分。

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