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No. 22 Plate No. of the report PL. 23-1 Description Pit House 8, carbonized wood row near a wall Photographed year 2000 Size 6×9 Comment Carbonized wood found in the eastern area of the wall of the opening side of Pit House 8. As for Pit House 7a, the structure of a wall was made by placing pieces of bark on the wall and arranging logs inside them in the surrounding ditch. The material is 15 to 20 cm wide boards of Abies sachalinensis. -
No. 23 Plate No. of the report PL. 23-2 Description Pit House 8, carbonized wood row near a wall Photographed year 2001 Size 6×9 Comment Carbonized wood found in the western area of the wall of the opening side wall of Pit House 8. It can be seen that the wall was covered with pieces of bark, and inside them wooden boards—made by splitting logs—were arranged with the outer surface facing inward. The material is 15 to 20 cm wide boards of Abies sachalinensis. -
No. 25 Plate No. of the report PL. 24-2 Description Pit House 8, close-up view of the carbonized wood row near a wall Photographed year 2001 Size 6×9 Comment Close-up view of the left side center of Photograph 22 and the left area of Photograph 23. In the photograph, pieces of bark covering the wall can be clearly observed. -
No. 26 Plate No. of the report No publication Description Pit House 8, Bone Mound (overall view) Photographed year 2001 Size 6×9 Comment In Pit House 8 two bone mounds were found, one from the innermost area and another on the opening side. The photograph shows the bone mound in the innermost area, and the front of the photograph is on the opening side. Animal bones such as skulls of brown bear (Ursus arctos) and raccoon dogs (Nyctereutes procyonoides) were piled in an area measuring 1.4 m × 2 m from the edge of the U-shaped clay floor to the outside area. -
No. 27 Plate No. of the report PL. 26-1 Description Pit House 8, Bone Mound (overall view) Photographed year 2001 Size 6×9 Comment Bone mound excavated further than as shown in Photograph 26. The front of the photograph is the innermost area. In this bone mound, the jawbones of seven brown bears (Ursus arctos), eight raccoon dogs (Nyctereutes procyonoides), and other animal bones including fox (Vulpes vulpes schrencki), fur seal (Callorhinus ursinus), ringed seal (Phoca hispida), birds, and fish, pottery fragments, as well as stone, bone and antler artifacts were found. -
No. 29 Plate No. of the report PL. 25-2 Description Pit House 8, Bone Mound (close-up view) Photographed year 2001 Size 6×9 Comment Close-up photograph of the bone mound in the innermost area of Pit House 8 being excavated further than as shown in Photograph 28. The lower left of the photograph is the opening side. -
No. 30 Plate No. of the report PL. 26-2 Description Pit House 8, Small Bone Mound Photographed year 2001 Size 6×9 Comment Small bone mound found near the wall of the opening side of Pit House 8. Carbonized wood boards of the wall can be seen in the back of the photograph. The majority of the animal bones were brown bear (Ursus arctos) long bones, but there were also brown bear trunk bones and seal (Phocidae) bones. A few pottery fragments and bone artifacts were also found. -
No. 31 Plate No. of the report Front2-1 Description Pit House 8 (overall view) Photographed year 2001 Size 6×9 Comment Pit House 8 is pentagonal in outline with the longest diagonal measuring 11.2 m. The U-shaped floor is made of clay and boards, and parts of the former used floor remain around it. In the center, there is a hearth lined with stone and wood. Two bone mounds are found in the innermost area and the opening side of the pit house. -
No. 32 Plate No. of the report PL. 27-1 Description Pit House 8 (Early Stage), excavated gravel Photographed year 2001 Size 6×9 Comment It has been confirmed that there was a reconstruction at Pit House 8. This photograph shows a concentration of gravel found from directly below the floor (opening side of the long axis) of Photograph 31. The gravel is considered to belong to the early stage of the pit house, but the function is not yet known. -
No. 33 Plate No. of the report PL. 27-2 Description Pit House 8 (Early Stage), carbonized wood found in a pit Photographed year 2002 Size 6×9 Comment Around the gravel area shown in Photograph 32, many pits were found, and this photograph shows carbonized wood from the fill of a pit. The right side of the photograph is the opening side, and the long axis of the pit is about 1 m. It is considered that the pit is from the pit house during an early stage, but the function is unknown.