Ryoanji — Kameoka Dolmen Valley Kyoto Rim
Yayoi (500–100 BCE)·Yayoi Tanba·🇯🇵 Kansai, Kyoto Prefecture, Kameoka Basin, Shino-cho dolmens, Japan
About
About Ryoanji — Kameoka Dolmen Valley Kyoto Rim
Kameoka Yayoi dolmens excavated 1970s, Tanba Yayoi slate dagger and Jar-coffin under. Recorded context — Period: Yayoi (500–100 BCE); Culture: Yayoi Tanba; Field status: excavated; Materials: granite, chert; Condition: ruins.
Why it mattersKey Yayoi Tanba megalithic with stratified sequence and regional typology.
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Function of enclosure
- 02Collapse cause
Theories
- 01Defensive stronghold
- 02Observatory
Theories are interpretations, not findings. The seal above tells you how much scholarly weight the place carries.
History
How it came to be
- Built
- c. 300 BCE
- Period
- Yayoi (500–100 BCE)
- Culture
- Yayoi Tanba
- Purpose
- Tanba dolmen field on Kameoka terrace — Tanba transitional Yayoi cists with bronze dagger burials
- Rediscovered
- Modern excavation 1879
- Excavation
- Excavated
c. 300 BCE
Initial construction / first occupation at Ryoanji — Kameoka Dolmen Valley Kyoto Rim
c. 1200 CE major extension
Major expansion / refurbishment at Ryoanji — Kameoka Dolmen Valley Kyoto Rim
On the ground
Structures & features
35.0170° N · 135.5730° E · 115 m · 4 mapped features
- Ryoanji — Kameoka Dolmen Valley Kyoto Rim — Principal Standing Stonestanding stonestanding stone at Ryoanji — Kameoka Dolmen Valley Kyoto Rim — hydraulic feature35.0165° N · 135.5734° E
- Ryoanji — Kameoka Dolmen Valley Kyoto Rim — Northern Chamberchamberchamber at Ryoanji — Kameoka Dolmen Valley Kyoto Rim — hydraulic feature35.0177° N · 135.5714° E
- Ryoanji — Kameoka Dolmen Valley Kyoto Rim — Southern Cairncairncairn at Ryoanji — Kameoka Dolmen Valley Kyoto Rim — outlier feature35.0167° N · 135.5731° E
- Ryoanji — Kameoka Dolmen Valley Kyoto Rim — Standing_Stone Annex 4standing stonestanding stone at Ryoanji — Kameoka Dolmen Valley Kyoto Rim — outlier feature35.0155° N · 135.5714° E
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