Definition: The archaeological site of Monden-tsujibatake is a Yayoi period village and urnfield cemetery located in Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. Dated to the late Early through early Late Yayoi periods, the cemetery includes 27 jar burials, most of which date to the late Middle Yayoi (AD 1), and evidently placed in three episodes. Koji Mizoguchi has suggested that the pattern of placement of the jar burials is evidence of emerging social stratification, based on the maintenance of ancestral genealogy.
Mizoguchi, Koji 2005 Genealogy in the ground: observations of jar burials of the Yayoi period, northern Kyushu, Japan. Antiquity 79(304):316-326.
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Mizoguchi, Koji 2005 Genealogy in the ground: observations of jar burials of the Yayoi period, northern Kyushu, Japan. Antiquity 79(304):316-326.
This glossary entry is part of the Dictionary of Archaeology. Sources for the term include the references listed on the front page of the Dictionary, and the websites listed in the sidebar.
