Toro, Shizuoka
| 登呂遺跡 | |
Toro pit-dwelling reconstruction
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| Region | JP |
| Coordinates | 34°57′22″N 138°24′29″E / 34.95611°N 138.40806°ECoordinates: 34°57′22″N 138°24′29″E / 34.95611°N 138.40806°E |
| Type | landmark |
| Area | 330,000 square metres (3,600,000 sq ft) |
| History | |
| Founded | 1st century CE |
| Periods | Yayoi |
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| Ownership | Public |
| Public access | Yes |
| Website | www |
Toro (登呂 遺跡 Toro iseki?) is an archaeological site in Suruga Ward in Shizuoka City, 130 kilometres (81 mi) south of Tokyo, Japan. The remains there date to the 1st century CE, in the late Yayoi period, and was an administrative unit of the area. Discovered in 1943, it was excavated in 1947–48 and designated a Special Historic Site of Japan in 1952. Toro is also the name of the area surrounding it in the Japanese addressing system.
Toro is notable as the first archaeological site excavated in Japan in which remains of 1st-century CE Yayoi-era wet-rice paddy fields were found. The site was discovered in 1943 during construction work on a military munitions plant in World War II, and was excavated in 1947 and 1948. As well as the agricultural remains, archaeological findings included pit-houses, refuse pits, and raised-floor buildings. Many artifacts were also unearthed. The preservation at the Toro site was so complete that a large number of 2000-year-old wooden farming tools were excavated. The site was re-excavated from 1999–2004, during which time additional artifacts were uncovered.
The archaeological remains from Toro elicited such an intense interest from Japanese archaeologists that the Japanese Archaeological Association was formed to study it. Toro has been used as a type site for Yayoi culture despite the fact that the location of the settlement in the Tōkai region was peripheral to what has traditionally been considered the Yayoi formation area in northern Kyūshū.
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