(1) About data stored at Tokoro Research Laboratory

Overview

At the Tokoro Gallery of Archaeological Finds, affiliated with the Graduate School of Humanities and Sociology at the University of Tokyo, which was established as a museum affiliated with the Tokoro Field Laboratory in 1967, about 160,000 archaeological collections—mainly artifacts found at excavations of archaeological sites in the lower Tokoro River basin for more than 60 years—are stored. Many of the archaeological materials play important roles in the history of Hokkaido archaeology, and the museum exhibits about 840 items focusing on such materials. The majority of the materials shown on the website are also currently exhibited as permanent exhibition.

Reports on materials and references cited in the text of notes

All materials presented on this website have already been reported in excavation reports and other publications. Information such as corresponding plate numbers are included in the "report" section of each material.

(2) About data stored at Kitami City Board of Education

Overview

“Tokoro Forest Park of Archaeological Sites (Tokoro Iseki no Mori)”, at Tokoro Town, Kitami City, stored the archeological materials that were excavated in the Tokoro area by former Tokoro Town Board of Education and Kitami City Board of Education, after Tokoro Town was merged with Kitami City in 2006. It also maintained a part of the national historic site, “Tokoro Site,” and set up the Tokoro Archaeological Museum and Kitami City's Tokoro Buried Cultural Property Center for displaying and storing archaeological materials.

The main items in the collection, stored in the “Tokoro Forest Park of Archaeological Sites,” are the archaeological materials excavated from the Tokoro River Estuary Site. This collection includes artifacts from the graves of the Jomon period and the Epi-Jomon period, along with artifacts excavated together from pit houses of the Okhotsk culture. This collection is famous for its important materials that help to clarify the prehistory of eastern Hokkaido. The main materials from the collection are on permanent display at the Tokoro Archaeological Museum.

Reports on materials and references cited in the notes

Most materials presented on this website have already been reported in excavation reports and other publications. Information such as the corresponding plate numbers is included in the report section for each material. Please see here (page in Japanese) for reports on materials and references cited in the notes.

(3) Production of this website

This website was created by the staff identified below.

Organization of photographs

Toshiaki Kumaki (materials stored at the Tokoro Research Laboratory, Nos. 1-60)

Masahiko Sato (materials stored at Kitami City Board of Education, Nos. K01-K24 and materials stored at the Tokoro Research Laboratory, No. 61)

Commentary writing

Daigo Natsuki (materials stored at the Tokoro Research Laboratory, Nos. 1-2)

Toshiaki Kumaki (materials stored at the Tokoro Research Laboratory, Nos. 3-61)

Yuuki Nakamura (materials stored at Kitami City Board of Education, Nos. K01-K24)

Metadata analysis

Toshiaki Kumaki (materials stored at the Tokoro Research Laboratory, Nos. 1-61)

Yuuki Nakamura (materials stored at Kitami City Board of Education, Nos. K01-K24)

Cooperation

Hana Hagino, Masahiro Fukuda, Mai Suzuki, Kitami City Board of Education