Open AccessWooden Constructions in Bronze and Iron Age Burials in Japan and Korea
Author(s) -
I.S. Gnezdilova,
А. Л. Нестеркина,
Е. А. Соловьева,
A. I. Solovyev
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
archaeology, ethnology and anthropology of eurasia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1563-0110
pISSN - 1531-832X
DOI - 10.17746/1563-0110.2020.48.2.059-068
Subject(s) - peninsula , period (music) , mainland , archipelago , rite , ancient history , bronze , archaeology , geography , population , history , mainland china , bronze age , iron age , demography , art , china , sociology , political science , law , aesthetics
Throughout the period from 300 BC to 700 AD, signicant changes took place in the life of population of Japanese Archipelago and Korean Peninsula, which were reected by the burial rite. Specically, the practice of using wood in mounded burials became particularly common. Such numerous instances in both regions are analyzed, the placement and several elements of wooden structures, accompanying artifacts, sorts of wood etc. are described in this work. The changes in burial rite practiced in ancient Japan can be seen. During the Yayoi period (300 BC to 300 AD), jar burials gave way to those with wooden structures in Western Japan regions closest to the mainland. It’s established that traditions co-occurred with innovations, as seen from the fact that such structures were coated with clay. Further development took place during the Kofun period (300–538 AD), when rst log cofns appeared, then composite cofns, and eventually stone cofns. Similar burial practice existed in Korea earlier than in Japan, the peak of this tradition coinciding with the period of Three Kingdoms (200–600 AD). The comparison of the ways the tradition evolved in both regions suggests that it had originated on the mainland, was introduced to Japan by successive immigration waves, and was then adapted to local conditions.