Collection of Archaeological Materials from the Lower Tokoro River Basin

Burial goods
No.K13
DescriptionBurial goods
SiteTokoro River Estuary Site: from Pit 1046a
Size (cm)(pottery) H. 10.4~6.8
(bifacial knives) L. 7.6~3.5
(shale ornaments) L. 7.5~2.5
(amber beads) D. 1.7~0.4
PeriodEarly Epi-Jomon
Date4th century BC-1st century
PossessorKitami City Board of Education
CommentThese artifacts were excavated together from a burial pit along with the Utsunai Ⅱa type pottery from the Early Epi-Jomon period. Amber beads that were buried along with a flat white shale pendant and an ornament have various shapes, including disk-shaped flat beads, spherical beads, and beads almost unprocessed. This is a feature also found in amber beads from the Early Epi-Jomon period. The pottery sherds also show features of the early stages of the Utsunai Ⅱa type pottery; for example, an everted rim.