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| name           = Funada Stone Age Site
| native_name    =船田石器時代遺跡
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| location       = [[Hachiōji, Tokyo]], [[Japan]]
| region         = [[Kantō region]]
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{{nihongo|'''Funada Stone Age Site'''|船田石器時代遺跡 |Funada sekki-jidai iseki}} is the name for an [[archaeological site]] with the remnant of a late [[Jōmon period]] settlement located in the Nagabusa neighborhood of the city of [[Hachiōji, Tokyo]] in the [[Kantō region]] of [[Japan]]. It received protection as a [[Monuments of Japan|National Historic Site]] in 1928.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://bunka.nii.ac.jp/db/heritages/detail/216139|title=船田石器時代遺跡|trans-title= Funada sekki-jidai iseki |language=Japanese |publisher=[[Agency for Cultural Affairs]] |accessdate=August 20, 2020}}</ref>
==Overview==
The Funada site is located on a [[fluvial terrace|river terrace]] on the bank of the Funada River, which flows north to the Minamiasa River, which in turn flows to the east. Per an [[archaeological excavation]] conducted in 1927, the remains of a [[pit dwelling]] with a flagstone floor was discovered. The flagstones were river stones laid out in a circle with a diameter of five meters, and there was the trace of a stone-lined hearth with a diameter of 60-centimeters in the center of the structure. In the southeast corner of the building, a pot-shaped [[Jōmon pottery|earthenware]] with a height of about 30 centimeters was found buried under the paving stones. Per a subsequent investigation in 1968, traces of a further 317 dwellings and an old [[burial mound]] were discovered, confirming this to have been a relatively large settlement for the time. <ref name="Shiseki">{{cite book |last1=Isomura |first1=Yukio |last2=Sakai |first2=Hideya |title=(国指定史跡事典) National Historic Site Encyclopedia |date=2012 |publisher=学生社 |isbn=978-4311750403}}{{in lang|ja}}</ref>
The site has been backfilled after excavation, and there is nothing at the location but explanatory placards, but the site and surrounding area is a public park. It is a short minute walk from the "Kodomokan-mae" bus stop on the Keio Bus from [[Nishi-Hachiōji Station]] on the [[JR East]] [[Chūō Main Line]].<ref name="Shiseki"/>
==See also==
{{Portal|History|Japan}}
*[[List of Historic Sites of Japan (Tōkyō)]]
==References==
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==External links==
* [https://www.city.hachioji.tokyo.jp/kankobunka/003/003/001/001/p005257.html Hachiōji City home page] {{in lang|ja}}
* [https://bunkazai.metro.tokyo.lg.jp/jp/search_detail.html?page=1&id=96 Tokyo Cultural Properties Database] {{in lang|ja}}
[[Category:Jōmon period]]
[[Category:History of Tokyo]]
[[Category: Hachiōji, Tokyo]]
[[Category:Historic Sites of Japan]]