Not many remains and relics in the jomon and Yayoi periods were found, but the place is included, together with adjacent Habikino City, in the area where huge keyhole-shaped tumuli totally called Furuichi tumuli were constructed in the kofun period.
縄文時代および弥生時代の遺構・遺物は少ないが、古墳時代には隣接する羽曳野市とともに古市古墳群と総称される巨大な前方後円墳がつくられた一画にあたっている。