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Ankokuji Jar Burial Cluster

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67: 39: 74: 46: 262:, approximately 2 kilometers north of Mount Kora, in an area where the Chikugo River, which flows through the Chikugo Plain, passes the foot of Mt. Kora and changes its flow from west to south. The necropolis was discovered in 1978 during an urban planning project. The site is spread out in an almost oval shape, measuring approximately 60 meters from east-to-west and 90 meters from north-to-south. The remains found in the 279:
were found in the tombs, no difference in social status could be recognized. It is estimated that there are probably around 300 graves in total in this site, which is important for understanding the tomb system of the Yayoi period. The excavated items are on display at the Kurume City Cultural
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graves, 4 earthen pit graves, 4 pits, and 17 ritual sites. Other than the two stone-covered jar tombs from the middle of the Yayoi period, all of the jar tombs are double-sided jar coffins.The ritual remains are an earthen pit containing a large amount of red-painted
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Mizoguchi, Koji (June 2005). "Genealogy in the ground: observations of jar burials of the Yayoi period, northern Kyushu, Japan".
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Properties Museum. The site is approximately 15 minutes by car from Nishitetsu
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cemetery, located in the Yamakawajindai neighborhood of the city of
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The Ankokuji Burial Jar Cluster is located on the south bank of the
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National Historic Site in Kurume, Fukuoka Prefecture Japan
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Location in Japan
Location in Japan
Kurume, Fukuoka
Japan
Kyushu
33°19′22″N 130°33′39″E / 33.32278°N 130.56083°E / 33.32278; 130.56083
Yayoi period
National Historic Site of Japan
Yayoi period
Kurume
Fukuoka Prefecture
Japan
National Historic Site of Japan
Chikugo River
archaeological excavation
jar burial
Yayoi pottery
burial goods
Kurume Station
Nishitetsu
Tenjin Ōmuta Line
Rinzai school
Ankoku-ji
Ashikaga Takauji
List of Historic Sites of Japan (Fukuoka)
"安国寺甕棺墓群"
doi
10.1017/s0003598x00114115
ISSN
0003-598X

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