Sengo ruins

The Sengo ruins (千居遺跡, Sengo iseki) is an archaeological site containing the ruins of an early through mid-Jōmon period settlement located in the Kamijo neighborhood of the city of Fujinomiya, Shizuoka in the Tōkai region of Japan. The site was designated a National Historic Site of Japan in 1975.[1]

Sengo ruins
千居遺跡
Sengo ruins
Location in Japan
Location in Japan
Sengo ruins
Location in Japan
Location in Japan
Sengo ruins (Japan)
LocationFujinomiya, Shizuoka, Japan
RegionTōkai region
Coordinates35°17′28.5″N 138°35′11.0″E
Typesettlement
History
PeriodsJōmon period
Site notes
Public accessNo facilities

Overview

Sengo site is located at the southeastern foot of Mount Fuji at an altitude of 398 meters along a ridge extending north-to-south. It was discovered before World War II, but was only excavated from the 1970s. The site was found to contain the foundations of twenty pit dwellings arranged in a ring surrounding a 50-meter diameter central plaza. Each pit dwelling was from three to 7.3 meters in diameter, with some of the foundations overlapping, indicating that some buildings had been rebuilt over time. Numerous Jōmon pottery shards were also recovered from the site. The entire site was covered in a layer of ash from the eruptions of Mount Fuji approximately 4000 years ago. Stone circles are placed both within and outside the central plaza. [2] However, early reports of a large stone circle made from piled river stones were later refuted when the monument was found to be an Edo period structure associated with the Fuji cult.

The site is located a short distance from the "Oishiji-mae" bus stop on the Fujikyu Shizuoka Bus from Fujinomiya Station on the JR East Minobu Line.[2]

See also

References
  1. "千居遺跡" (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved August 20, 2020.
  2. Isomura, Yukio; Sakai, Hideya (2012). (国指定史跡事典) National Historic Site Encyclopedia. 学生社. ISBN 4311750404.(in Japanese)

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