The Kitahira Site, located near the spot that Old Man Asada identified as Seburiba, is regarded as a key clue for archaeologically verifying local folklore. Surface collections from this narrow, terraced area have yielded Jōmon-period flaked arrowheads and pottery shards, Late Yayoi-period pottery, and even ceramics from the Nara, Heian, and Muromachi periods, indicating that human activity persisted at this site over a long period. The figure shows stone tools, earthenware, Sue ware, and pottery arranged side by side, and the author examines these artifacts, including those collected during past field surveys. On the other hand, the Seburiba site itself, as identified by Asada, has been converted into farmland, and no excavation surveys have been conducted there; therefore, the artifacts from the Kitahira Site do not in themselves prove the existence of a Sanka lifestyle. The author is attempting to carefully verify traces of a nomadic lifestyle by combining interviews with on-site surveys. It should be noted that a site of the same name, the Hokuhira Site, is registered online in Misaki Town, Kume District, Okayama Prefecture; however, this site is considered a Mid-Yayoi period settlement, and it cannot be confirmed that it is the same location as the Hokuhira Site mentioned in the text. It is safer not to draw a connection based solely on the name.
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