Yukuepira Chashi Explained

Yukuepira Chashi
Native Name:ユクエピラチャシ跡
Map Type:Japan Hokkaido#Japan
Map Alt:Location in Japan
Coordinates:43.4644°N 143.7357°W
Location:Rikubetsu, Hokkaidō, Japan
Type:Chashi
Ownership:National Historic Site
Public Access:Yes

The site of in Rikubetsu, Hokkaidō, Japan, is that once occupied by the Ainu chashi of Yukuepira, one of the largest on the island. It has been designated a National Historic Site.[1] [2]

Name

Yukuepira is derived from the Ainu yuk "deer", e "eat", and pira "cliff".[1] [3] The site also goes by the name of .[1]

Overview

One of a number of chashi situated along the and opposite a steep cliff, the site is defined by a large embankment. Skeletal remains from the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries of some ten thousand deer may be linked to trade in skins, and Yukuepira is understood to have functioned not only as a fort.[1] [4]

Investigation of the site from 2002 to 2004 has uncovered remains of a palisade, holes for posts, and a layer of ash. Artefacts of iron and bone have been recovered together with evidence for the diet, which included fish, nuts, and seeds. Earlier Jōmon and Zoku-Jōmon lithics and ceramics have also been found.[5]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: https://www.rikubetsu.jp/syakai/bunnkazai/ . ja:国指定 史跡ユクエピラチャシ跡について . About the National Historic Site: Yukuepira Chashi Site . ja . . 12 September 2019.
  2. Web site: https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/401/70 . ja:ユクエピラチャシ跡 . Yukuepira Chashi Site . ja . . 12 September 2019.
  3. Book: An Ainu-English-Japanese Dictionary (including a Grammar of the Ainu Language) . . 2 . Methodist Publishing House . Tokyo . 1905.
  4. Book: Handbook of East and Southeast Asian Archaeology . Habu Junko . etal . . 2017 . 978-1493965199 . 701.
  5. Web site: https://sitereports.nabunken.go.jp/en/37276 . ja:史跡ユクエピラチャシ跡 . Yukuepira Chashi Site (Historic Site) . ja . Comprehensive Database of Archaeological Site Reports in Japan . . 12 September 2019.