PREHISTORIC JAPAN—BAELZ. 543 
ornamental. Perhaps a fire was made in the cavity to warm the 
liquid in the bowl or vase on the top. 
There is a special sort of pottery which Dénitz does not mention, 
viz, the clay cylinders and figures which, unlike the gray vessels 
Fic. 10.—Terra cotta figures from princely graves of the iron age. The cheeks are 
painted red. After Tsuboi: Kokogaku (archeology). 
occurring in the inside of the dolmen, are found on the outside of 
the imperial double grave mounds. They are made of a poorly 
baked red terra cotta, and for this reason are much inclined to dis- 
integrate. The cylinders are about 40 cm. high and 30 to 35 cm. in 
