Yukuepira Chashi

The site of Yukuepira Chashi (ユクエピラチャシ跡, Yukuepira-chashi ato) 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]

Yukuepira Chashi
ユクエピラチャシ跡
Shown within Hokkaido
Yukuepira Chashi (Japan)
LocationRikubetsu, Hokkaidō, Japan
Coordinates43°27′52″N 143°44′09″E
TypeChashi
Site notes
OwnershipNational Historic Site
Public accessYes

Name

Yukuepira is derived from the Ainu yuk "deer", e "eat", and pira "cliff".[1][3] The site also goes by the name of Kaneran Chashi (カネランチャシ).[1]

Overview

One of a number of chashi situated along the Toshibetsu River (利別川) 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]

See also

References
  1. 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] (in Japanese). Rikubetsu Town. Retrieved 12 September 2019.
  2. ユクエピラチャシ跡 [Yukuepira Chashi Site] (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved 12 September 2019.
  3. Batchelor, John (1905). An Ainu-English-Japanese Dictionary (including a Grammar of the Ainu Language) (2 ed.). Tokyo: Methodist Publishing House.
  4. Habu Junko; et al., eds. (2017). Handbook of East and Southeast Asian Archaeology. Springer. p. 701. ISBN 978-1493965199.
  5. 史跡ユクエピラチャシ跡 [Yukuepira Chashi Site (Historic Site)]. Comprehensive Database of Archaeological Site Reports in Japan (in Japanese). Nara National Research Institute for Cultural Properties. Retrieved 12 September 2019.
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