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Takuma Ishihata Ruins
- Characteristic
- Location: Outside 9-32, Takuma 2-chome, Munakata City, Fukuoka Prefecture
- Designated date: February 22, 2010
- Main period: Yayoi period-Kofun period (3 BC BC to 6 BC)
The Takuma Ishihata ruins are village ruins from the Yayoi period to the Kofun period, which are located in the central western part of the city, on the plateau about 12 meters above sea level in the middle of the fishing river flowing through the city. Above all, the tomb area of a powerful group of people in the first half of the Yayoi period is very important in considering Japan's Yayoi culture. In the past, the ruins were used as school sites for Munakata High School Women's High School (predecessor of Munakata High School), former Chuo Junior High School, etc., and after school relocation, they were vacant land left in the city. Excavation was started with development in 2008 (2008), but it will be preserved by discovery of grave area of Yayoi era. Today, it is used as the Taguma Ishibata Historical Park (nickname: Isekin Munakata) and is a place of relaxation for citizens.
Weapon-shaped bronze and jewelery excavated from the tomb area
Earthenware and Stoneware Excavated from the Village Site
"Takuma Ishibata ruins" seen in 3D
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History of discovery
The ruins were discovered during expansion work of the sports ground by Professor Tanaka Yukio, who was transferred to Munakata High School in 1933, and surveyed by the participation of students. This is the first archeological excavation in the Munakata area.
Not long after the start of the survey, we found a bright patina covered in patina. A detailed survey revealed that the place where the bronze casket was found was the tomb area of the Yayoi period, and it was found that it was a gourd-type xylophone tomb in the first half of the Yayoi period (around 2nd century BC). After that, as the investigations in the surrounding area progressed, the discovery continued and finally confirmed the nine tombs. In the survey, we surveyed six tombs, but from all the tombs we surveyed bronze-bronze, bronze-sword and bronze-weapon shaped bronze tools were excavated, and finally 15 points were found. It is Japan's highest class as excavated from one grave area (division grave).
Weapon-shaped bronzes are bronze weapons transmitted from the Korean peninsula around the end of the Yayoi period, and there are three types: bronze swords, bronze lions and bronze hammers. It is considered to be the property of a powerful person, and it is rare to excavate in large quantities from a tomb.
Trinket excavated from the tomb area
Map of the tomb area and surrounding area in the first half of Yayoi period
Yayoi culture of Munakata being reviewed
In the middle of the Yayoi period, in the Munakata region that was seen as the eastern side of the Yayoi culture advanced area that appears in "Tsushijin people" such as Ito country in Itoshima plains, Nuno country in Fukuoka plains and Sera country in Matsuura area. It was found that in the first half of the stage, a group of powerful people almost equal to Yoshitake Takagi Ruins (Fukuoka City) and Uki Iwata Ruins (Karatsu City) existed. It is possible to think of it as one of the "hundred countries" that are considered to have been in the middle of the Yayoi period (Japan) in the middle of the Yayoi period, which appears in Chinese history books "Chinese books" geography.
Warehouses of the Kofun Period and Togo Takatsuka Kofun (upper left forest)
In addition, a group of warehouses of the ancient tomb period (around the 6th century) that were neatly built were found in the survey, and it is possible to find out the relationship with the locals from the scale. The Togama area and the Togo area are important areas even in the Kofun period, since the Togo Takazuka old tomb (the second half of the 4th century) and the Svettow old tomb (the middle of the 6th century) You The Takuma Ishihata site is a cradle that fosters such a powerful group, and it might have become the starting point of the Munakatas who joined hands with the Yamato king right in the Tomb of the Torah and played an active role on the stage in the open sea.
Originally a bronze weapon transmitted from the Korean Peninsula around the end of the Yayoi period, there are three types: bronze swords, bronze lions, and bronze pots.
It is considered to be the property of a powerful person, and it is rare to excavate in large quantities from a tomb.