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site was a type site for the middle stage of the Final Jomon Period in Kanto, the results of the survey have remained unpublished.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

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