Titre du document / Document title

Komakino stone circle and its significance for the study of Jomon social structure = Le cercle de pierre de Komakino et sa signification pour l'étude de la structure sociale jomon

Auteur(s) / Author(s)

KODAMA Daisei ⁽¹⁾ ;

Affiliation(s) du ou des auteurs / Author(s) Affiliation(s)

⁽¹⁾ Board of Education of Aomori City, JAPON

Résumé / Abstract

The Komakino site in Aomori Prefecture is associated with a large ceremonial stone circle dating to the Tokoshinai phase of the early Late Jomon period. The stone circle proper consists of three parts, termed center ring, inner ring, and outer ring respectively. The stones of the inner and outer rigns are arranged in a unique, but orderly, pattern referred to as the Komakino style. Excavations of the site revealed the presence of other features, such as flask-shaped pit burials, interment-jar burials, clusters of post-molds, storage pits, a midden, a path-like feature, a probable spring water filter and two pit-dwellings. Because of the scarcity of residential features, it is suggested that the primary function of the site appears to have been ceremonial. The A. proposes that the stone circle functioned not only as a cemetery but also as a multi-functional ritual center, where various ritual activites took place. He examines also the social dynamics behind construction of Late Jomon stone circles in the Tohoku region through an analysis of regional settlement patterns.

Revue / Journal Title

Senri ethnological studies   ISSN 0387-6004 

Source / Source

Congrès
CHAGS 8 International Conference on Hunting and Gathering Societies N^o8, Aomori, Osaka , JAPON (10/1998)
2003, n^o 63 (281 p.)  [Document : 27 p.] (2 p.3/4), pp. 235-261 [27 page(s) (article)]

Langue / Language

Anglais

Editeur / Publisher

National Museum of Ethnology, Suita, Osaka, JAPON  (1979) (Revue)

Mots-clés anglais / English Keywords

Komakino ; Jomon ; Stone circle ; Archeology ; Religion ; Ritual function ; Settlement ; Social inequality ; Social structure ; Social function ; Cemetery ; Japan ; Eastern Asia ; Far East ;

Mots-clés français / French Keywords

Komakino ; Jòmon ; Cercle de pierre ; Centre cérémoniel ; Archéologie ; Religion ; Fonction rituelle ; Peuplement ; Inégalité sociale ; Structure sociale ; Fonction sociale ; Cimetière ; Japon ; Asie orientale ; Extrême-Orient ;

Localisation / Location

INIST-CNRS, Cote INIST : 24777, 35400011950681.0120