Historical Materials No.66
THE WOODEN TABLETS FROM THE NARA PALACE SITE VI
REPORT of THE YAMANOUCHI SUGAO ARCHAEOLOGICAL COLLECTION
NUMBER 14
Archaeological Discoveries at the Takashima-Kurotsuchi Site, Okayama Prefecture and Maeura Site, Ibaraki Prefecture; Zoomorphic Haniwa Ceramic Objects of the Kofun Period
Edited by KANEKO Hiroyuki
This series of catalogues publishes archaeological materials collected by the late Dr. YAMANOUCHI Sugao [1902-1970]. He was a prominent prehistorian who firmly established the methodological framework of investigations into Japanese prehistory, particularly the Jomon Period. His collection principally consists of archaeological data resulting from his own excavations at Jomon sites in eastern Japan.
The subject matters of this volume are: 1) Late and Final Jomon pottery at the Takashima-Kurotsuchi site, Kasaoka City, excavated by Yamanouchi himself in April, 1943; 2) Late and Final Jomon pottery and a few stone tools at the Maeura site, Inashiki County, Ibaraki Prefecture, discovered by Yamanouchi in 1956; and 3) Zoomorphic haniwa ceramic objects, most of which are horse-shaped discovered at Late Kofun Period (sixth century A.D.) sites in Saitama, Gumma, Tochigi, and Ibaraki Prefectures of eastern Japan. The results of the Takashima-Kurotsuchi excavation became the foundation for a chronological framework of the Late and Final Jomon Period in western Japan. While the Maeura site was a type site for the middle stage of the Final Jomon Period in Kanto, the results of the survey have remained unpublished. The publication of large quantities of horse-shaped haniwa ceramic objects discovered at several sites will also contribute to our understanding about craft organization in Late Kofun Period eastern Japan.
NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR CULTURAL PROPERTIES, NARA
PUBLICATIONS ONHISTORICAL MATERIALS, VOLUME LXVI
NARA, MARCH 2004
CONTENTS
Preface
I. Archaeological Discoveries at the Takashima-Kurotsuchi site, Kasaoka City (edited by YANO Kenichi)
1. Archaeological Excavation and Laboratory Work 1
1) Archaeological excavation 1
2) Laboratory work 2
3) Memorandum taken by Dr. Yamanouchi 4
2. Discovered Pottery 15
1) Classification scheme 15
2) Spatial distribution of pottery according to groups 17
3) Ceramic flat, circular object 41
3. Summary 41
II. Archaeological Discoveries at the Maeura Site, Ibaraki Prefecture (by KANEKO Hiroyuki) 56
III. Zoomorphic Haniwa Ceramic Objects (by INOUE Yuichi)
1. Classification of Horse-Shaped Haniwa Ceramic Objects 57
2. Summary 97
English Summary and Table of Contents
Japanese publication data
2004年3月3日発行
奈良文化財研究所史料 第66冊
岡山県高島黒土遺跡資料
茨城県前浦遺跡資料
動物埴輪資料
山内清男考古資料14
