Ikegami-Sone Site
池上・曽根遺跡
Explore a large Yayoi Period settlement, a hub for ancient trade and home to unique archaeological finds.
What it is
- A moated settlement site from the Yayoi Period.
- Designated a National Historic Site in 1976.
- Excavations started in 1969 due to road construction.
- It was a distribution hub for stone knives.
What to see
- A large pit-dwelling building with ridge-supporting pillars.
- Over 1,300 stone knives and 1,300 stone arrowheads.
- A long-necked jar with a dragon design.
- A large dug-out well from a 700-year-old camphor tree.
- Twenty square-ditched tombs.
- A large raised-floor building built around 52 BC.
Notes written by Japan Gems from facts in Japanese Wikipedia.
Where it is
Ikegami-Sone Site Open in Google Maps
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