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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Ezuriko Kofungun Alternative Name: 江釣子古墳群Country: Japan Region: Honshū Type: Chambered Cairn
Nearest Town: Kitakami (Iwate pref.) Nearest Village: KamiEzuriko 上江釣
Latitude: 39.291400N Longitude: 141.085280E
Condition:
5 | Perfect |
4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
0 | No data. |
-1 | Completely destroyed |
5 | Superb |
4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
0 | No data. |
5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
0 | No data. |
5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
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Chambered Cairn in Honshū
Groups of burial mounds on the riverside of Waga river(和賀川), 120-130 mounds divided into 4 sub-groups : Naganuma Kofungun (長沼古墳群), Gojōmaru Kofungun(五条丸古墳群), Nekoyachi Kofungun(猫野地古墳群), Hachiman Kofungun(八幡古墳群).
These mounds, mass of round ones with surrounding henges, are supposed to be the graves of native Ainu people of Hokkaidō and Tōhoku area in late Kofun era(7th century) to early historic era(10th century) , developed under a slight influences from Kofun culture of Honshū area which gradually spread northbound.
These northern pseudo-kofun are mostly earthen mounds, most of Ezuriko mounds are piles of stones which look like chambered cairns.
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