Partially excavated places tagged “tumulus” in Japan

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Asuka Kitora Tomb Star Chart Ceiling

Bronze Age (2200–800 BCE) · Bronze Age

Asuka Kitora Tomb Star Chart Ceiling in Nara, Asuka, Japan is a Bronze Age (2200–800 BCE) tumulus attributed to Bronze Age.

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Mozu Kofun Cluster (Mozu-Furuichi)

Middle–Late Kofun 350–600 CE (Yamato mature) · Yamato Mozu–Furuichi Kofun tradition

Mozu Kofun Cluster — dense kofun cemetery (49 kofun inscribed, 160,000+ total in Japan, 4th–6th c CE) across Mozu and Furuichi plains 10 km south Osaka, excavated 1970s–2019 Shiraishi et al.

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Hashihaka Kofun

Early Kofun 280–300 CE (Yayoi → Kofun) · Yamato early Kofun (Makimuku–Hashihaka)

Hashihaka Kofun — first large keyhole-shaped kofun (zenpō-kōen-fun, c.280–300 CE) 280 m long, 30 m high on Makimuku plain Sakurai, excavated 1970s–2000s Shiraishi.

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Takamatsuzuka Tumulus — Buried Chamber North (Asuka, Japan)

Early Bronze Age to Iron Age (2500–500 BCE) · Hallstatt / Early Iron Age

Takamatsuzuka Tumulus — Buried Chamber North (Asuka, Japan) in Nara, Asuka, Takamatsuzuka, Japan is a Early Bronze Age to Iron Age (2500–500 BCE) tumulus a…