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Title | The Burial Pit and the Stone Chamber, Nakayama Ôtsuka Kofun. |
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Shelfmark | 15211 |
Subject (topical) | Archaeology |
Abstract | During the fourth campaign the round mound of the tomb was excavated: a pit-style stone chamber was discovered in the center of the mound, parallel to its axis. The chamber was built in a large pit measuring 17 x 12 m, by piling up more than 50 cm long flat stones and was 7,5 m long and, where the roof was still present, 2,0 m high. The chamber was sealed by capstones at the top of which only two remained. The stone roof was then covered by the same flat stone slabs used to built the chamber. The tomb had been looted long ago and very little remained. Fragments of a ceremonial pot stand and a ceremonial pot of the Miyayama type were found between the slabs that covered the tomb chamber. Nak |
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