The is an archaeological site with the traces of a Jōmon period through Kofun period settlement located in the Kunugiya neighborhood of the city of Hachiōji, Tokyo in the Kantō region of Japan. It received protection as a National Historic Site in 1978.
Overview The Kunugita site is located on a ridge that extended south into the Hachiōji basin. An archaeological excavation in 1975 confirmed that this ridge was a tell consisting of three layers. The uppermost surface had the ruins of a village from the Kofun period, the middle layer contained the ruins of a village of the late-middle Jōmon period, and the lowest layer had the ruins of a village of the middle Jōmon period. The remains of the Kofun period were small, but the settlements of the Jōmon period were large. Only one-sixth of the site was excavated, but in this portion the foundations of 45 pit dwellings were discovering, indicating that the village was a sizable settlement with perhaps 270 dwellings in total. The foundations indicate that the settlement was arranged as a ring of dwellings around a central plaza with a diameter of 150 meters. Some of the buildings had flagstone floors, and a number of burials were also found. The amount of recovered artifacts was very large, including many examples of Jōmon pottery and stone tools. The excavated relics are stored in the , with some exhibited in the permanent displays, with the site itself preserved as a public park.
The site are about a 5-minute walk from the "Kunugita Kita" bus stop from Nishi-Hachioji Station on the JR East Chūō Main Line.
See also
List of Historic Sites of Japan (Tōkyō)
References
External links Hachiōji City home page Tokyo Cultural Properties Database