Dwelling Site and Dolmens in Deogeun-ri, Paju

Jiseokmyo, also known as dolmens, are tombs built by people of the Bronze Age. There are two types: the table-shaped, or northern, type, in which stones are set up on the ground like a table, and the go-board-shaped, or southern, type, in which a large capstone rests on small supporting stones or directly on flat slabs. At Deogeun-ri in Paju, Gyeonggi-do, more than twenty table-shaped dolmens were found together with the site of a prehistoric dwelling. The capstone of the largest dolmen measures 3.3 m in length and 1.9 m in width, and a double-edged, shell-shaped stone axe and whetstones were found beneath it. Below this, the site of a prehistoric rectangular pit dwelling was uncovered, 40–90 cm deep, 157 cm long and 370 cm wide. Small postholes run along the walls, and there are two hearths. Burn marks on the walls and ash on the floor suggest that the dwelling collapsed after being destroyed by fire. Inside, a range of artefacts was excavated, including pottery with a punctate (hole-pattern) design, a polished stone dagger, a stone axe and a spindle whorl. Long rectangular dwelling sites of this kind have also been found at the Yeoksam-dong site in Seoul and the Gyoha-ri site in Paju. The dwelling site is dated to around the seventh century BC, which indicates that the dolmens were built after the seventh century BC.

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Paju, Gyeonggi

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Historic Site · 사적