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Kiusu Earthwork Burial Circles: Pit grave of Earthwork Burial Circle No. 2

Kiusu Earthwork Burial Circles: Pit grave of Earthwork Burial Circle No. 2

Photographed in July 1965
An excavation survey of Earthwork Burial Circle No. 2 was conducted in July 1965 to investigate one pit grave with eight stone arrangements in an excavated area of about 48 m2. It was reported that the remains of a decayed skeleton were found inside the grave, and that a rouge layer was found at the bottom of the grave./p>

photo courtesy: Chitose Archaeological Operations Center, Chitose Board of Education, Chitose City

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