貝かい塚づか

noun

shell mound; shell midden; kitchen midden

An archaeological site consisting of accumulated shells, bones, and other refuse from prehistoric settlements. The term is common in Japanese archaeology.

• この地ち域いきには縄じょう文もん時じ代だいの貝かい塚づかが多おおく残のこっている。

  Many shell mounds from the Jomon period remain in this area.

• 貝かい塚づかからは土ど器きや石せっ器きも出しゅつ土どする。

  Pottery and stone tools are also excavated from shell middens.