Category:

Municipally Designated Tangible Cultural Property (Archaeological artifact)

Title:

Inarihara iseki shutsudo jomon jidai soki doki oyobi sekki

Pottery and Stoneware from the Initial Jomon Period Unearthed at the Inarihara Archaeological Site

稲荷原遺跡出土縄文時代早期土器及び石器

No. of features:

86 earthenware vessels decorated with impressions from a cord-wrapped stick (“yoriito-mon”), 33 earthenware vessels with lines incised by shells (“chisen-mon”), 22 earthenware vessels with impressions made from a carved dowel (“oshigata-mon”) (one piece unmarked), 9 flint arrowheads, and 9 flake tools

Designated:

March 31, 2014

Location:

Saitama City Museum

2-1-2 Takahanacho, Omiya Ward

Owner:

Saitama City

Description:

The Inarihara archaeological site is located in the Haruoka 3-chome area of Saitama City’s  Minuma Ward. Of the over 2,300 items excavated from this site, most are earthenware pieces from the initial Jomon period (9,000-6,500 BCE). The excavated items also include stone artifacts.

These artifacts are valuable materials for understanding the cultures of Eastern Japan during the initial Jomon period.

The yoriito-mon works are particularly high in typological value. It was proposed to name them after the excavation site to form a typological category called “Inarihara-Style Pottery”. They are extremely precious resources.

Associated Texts:

(1966). “Inarihara - A Survey Report on the Fukusaku Inarihara Site Excavation in Omiya, Saitama Prefecture”. Omiya Municipal Board of Education.

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/p039134.html