tomb embedded in a Yayoi period barrow
Archaeological term for a burial mound from the Yayoi period, typically smaller and simpler than later kofun.
Several Yayoi period burial mounds have been discovered in this area.
Compound of 墳丘 (funkyū, 'burial mound') and 墓 (bo, 'grave'). The exact historical derivation is uncertain; the term is used in archaeology to distinguish Yayoi period mounds from later kofun.