HAA 0640 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: New Zealand National Cricket Team, Taoism, Secondary Burial
25 Apr 2016
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Imperial yamato clan begins to consolidate power. Small mound tombs appear by middle of yayoi period. Had wooden chambers to hold the body. Grave goods include bronze blades and mirrors that symbolize status. Concentric rows of clay jars on tomb. Gradually the form took on the shape of a keyhole. Tomb of emperor nintoku - early 5th c. Near osaka, seat of yamato clan power. Clay forms placed on top (not buried) of elite tombs in kofun period. Unglazed ceramic forms made out of slabs/coils of clay and fired at low temperatures. Varying sizes, from less than one foot to several feet tall. Jars, houses, sunshades, and shields, 4-5th c. Fig 25: arrangement of haniwa on kofun. Distributed in concentric patterns at mid-slope, at base of mound, and at entrance to burial chamber. Provides important information about residential architecture for the elite. Short sides suggest a pit dwelling evolving into a single story structure.
