In most cases, dotaku were excavated at a foot of a hill or a bit lower area than the top of it outside of a village and found laid down sideways in a relatively shallow hole with several tens of centimeters in depth (there are two cases of upside down burying).
埋納状況については村を外れた丘陵の麓、或いは頂上の少し下からの出土が大部分であり、深さ数十センチメートルの比較的浅い穴を掘って横たえた物が多い（逆さまに埋められた物も二例ある）。