Toro Site (Shizuoka)
Late Yayoi farming village in Suruga Ward, Shizuoka City, Japan, dating to the 1st century CE. Found in 1943 during work on a wartime munitions plant and dug in 1947-48, it was the first site in Japan to yield Yayoi wet-rice paddies: over fifty fields with irrigation, twelve pit-houses, two raised storehouses and 2,000-year-old wooden farming tools kept by the waterlogged ground. The village ended in a flood of the Abe River. Special Historic Site since 1952, now an archaeological park with reconstructions and a museum. Coordinates: Wikipedia 34.9561/138.4081, OSM 34.9566/138.4079.
Dated events and their evidence
- 50 CE mainstream
settlement occupied, late Yayoi period (1st century CE) source - 1943 CE mainstream
discovered during munitions-plant construction; excavated 1947-48 source - 1952 CE mainstream
designated a Special Historic Site of Japan source
Where
34.9561° N, 138.4081° E
Sources
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