Category:

Municipally Designated Tangible Cultural Property (Archaeological artifact)

Title:

Bambaomuroyama iseki daigojuichigo doko shutsudo jomondoki

Jomon Pottery Unearthed From Pit Grave No. 51 at the Bamba-Omuroyama Archaeological Site

馬場小室山遺跡第51号土壙出土縄文土器

No. of features:

30 pieces

Designated:

March 28, 2012

Location:

The Museum of Earthenware

2-305-4 Takahanacho, Omiya Ward

Owner:

Saitama City

Description:

 These artifacts from the Bamba-Omuroyama Archaeological Site were discovered together in pit grave No. 51. The collection includes “Earthenware Vessel with Human Face”, a prefecturally-designated cultural property. 

In addition to being valuable materials in the chronological research of Jomon-period earthenware, these items provide indispensable insight into the nature and role of specialized pits in Jomon-period settlements.

Associated Texts:

“Survey Report on Excavation of the Tobu the Archaelogical Site Group in Urawa City” (vol. 3).

“Survey Report on Excavation of the Tobu Archaelogical Site Group in Urawa City” (vol. 9).

“Survey Report on Saitama City’s Cultural Properties” (vol. 11).

Please be courteous towards other visitors and the site’s owners/curators when visiting this cultural property.

Inquiries (Japanese only)

Cultural Heritage Preservation Division, Department of Lifelong Learning, Board of Education Secretariat　

TEL：048-829-1723 FAX：048-829-1989

https://www.city.saitama.jp/004/005/006/001/017/013/003/p017523.html