Among them, there are ruins derived from their names from the names of sites' locations (large or small administrative units of villages) such as Shimasho Site, Ishigami Site, and Mizuochi Site, those from the references to their geographical locations such as Ikazuchi no Oka Toho Site and Amakashi no Oka Toroku Site, those from the architectural structures on their sites such as Kawahara-dera Temple Site and Asuka-dera Temple Site, and those from functions or forms of their ancient structural remnants such as Asukaike Ruins and Asukakyo-ato Enchi Site.
それらは、島庄遺跡、石神遺跡、水落遺跡など遺跡の存在地の字(あざ、大字の場合も小字の場合も)を冠するもの、雷丘東方遺跡、甘樫丘東麓遺跡など遺跡の存在地を他の地理的名称から示したもの、川原寺跡、飛鳥寺跡など建造物に由来するもの、飛鳥池遺跡、飛鳥京跡苑池遺構など遺跡の機能や形状を示したものなどがある。