| There are also many scholars suggesting that these remains were the evidences that this place functioned as a hub for the people and the products to be redistributed, or as a sacred place for performing rituals around Hashihaka Tumulus toward Mt. Miwa, rather than the place provided for residential purposes. |
遺跡の性格としては居住域というよりも、頻繁に人々や物資が集まったり箸墓古墳を中心とした三輪山などへの祭祀のための聖地と考える学者も多い。 |