網走市能取岬西岸遺跡b地点発掘調査報告

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The Hokkaido Museum of Northern Peoples has excavated the Notaro Cape West Coast Site since 1996. This site has occupations of the Jamon, the Epi-Jomon, the Okhotsk, and the Satsumon cultural periods. This report provides the results of the excavation campaign in June, 2017. The past site survey identified a total of six localities: Locations a, b, c, d, e, and f.The archaeological remains attributed to the Okhotsk Culture are mainly found from Locations a, b, and c. In the present season, we excavated approximately 5㎡ in Location b, located on the edge of the precipice. The excavation uncovered the concentration of animal and fish bones, a posthole and a pit house attributed to the Okhotsk Culture and a pit attributed to the Epi-Jomon Culture. Conspicuous cultural materials of the Okhotsk Culture were whale bone fragments, a composite fish hook stem, abrasive stone slabs, handstones and fragments of bronze products. In the next excavation, we plan to excavate Location d, also located on the edge of a precipice to elucidate human activity in this Okhotsk Cultural site.