1990 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary

Fundamental Study on Huge Residences of Powerful Families in the Kofun Period

Research Project

Project/Area Number	63510222
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for General Scientific Research (C)
Allocation Type	Single-year Grants
Research Field	考古学(含先史学)
Research Institution	Shiga University
Principal Investigator	OGASAWARA Yoshihiko Shiga University, Faculty of Education, Prot, 教育学部, 教授 (00000480)
Project Period (FY)	1988 – 1990
Keywords	Powerful families / Huge residence / Moat / Fence / Pit hole dwelling / Ritual structual remains / Workshop / House-shaped haniwa
Research Abstract	Powerful families lived in huge residences in the Kofun Period. For ten years, about forty sites of huge residences have excavated These sites are divided into large, middle, and small types. Large type which represented by Mitsudera site, has more than 7000m^2. Middle type, represented by Aratoarako site, has from 2000m^2 to 7000m^2. Small type, presented by Maruyama site, has less than 2000m^2. Almost all huge residences were enclosed with moats or fences for guard against enemies. And pit hole dwellings or pit dwellings were built in those. Besides, sometimes ritual structual remains and workshops were built. It is very important to study such huge residences for making clear powerful families in the Kofun Period.