No.197 2016 Jluy

Contents

Special Features
Giant Monuments and Prehistoric Society

Introduction to the Special Features (MATSUGI Takehiko)
Special Feature 1
Giant Monuments in Prehistoric Japan: Historical Significance of the Kofun Period
(MATSUGI Takehiko)
Special Feature 2
A Look at the Mounded Tombs of Japan and Europe
(FUKUNAGA Shin’ya)
Special Feature 3
Significance of Monuments in the Mississippian Culture of Prehistoric North America
(SASAKI Ken’ichi)
Special Feature 4
How Did Early Ceremonial Architecture Become Huge?: Perspectives from Ancient Civilizations of the Andes, Maya and West Asia
(SEKI Yuji)

Column

Mounded Tombs in Japanese Archipelago and Korean Peninsula
(TAKATA Kanta)
Imperial Mausoleum in Ancient China (UENO Yoshifumi)

A Witness to History

A photographic introduction to items from the collection
Ceremonial Fan-Shaped Haniwa: Funeral Items for Sending off Ancient Chiefs
(MATSUGI Takehiko)

Invitation to History

Special Exhibition “Revisiting Siebold's Japan Museum” (HIDAKA Kaori)

Introducing Our Researchers-- Part 84

What Tree Rings Tell Us about Time (HAKOZAKI Masataka)

Museum Displays Today-- Part 49

Mie Prefectural Museum
Towards an Ever-Developing General Museum
(KADOGUCHI Miyo)

Exhibition Review

Ishuretsuzo, the Image of Ezo: Tracing Persons, Things and the World (KIKUCHI Isao)

Featured Exhibition

Featured Exhibition in Gallery 3
Decorative Helmets and the Unique Flag from the Warring States Period
(KOJIMA Michihiro)

Seasonal Exhibition at the Botanical Garden of Everyday Life

Rekihaku News