Dolmen Group in Namjeon-ri, Miryang

Dolmens are the representative tombs of the Bronze Age, also known as megalithic tombs, and are generally understood to have been the burial places of a ruling class with economic wealth or political power. Korean dolmens are divided into two types: the table type, in which four supporting stones form a chamber topped with a huge, flat capstone, and the go-board type, in which a stone chamber is built underground with small supporting stones set beneath the capstone. A group of more than forty dolmens lies in Namjeon-ri, Hanam-eup, Miryang, Gyeongsangnam-do, enclosed to the north by the foot of Deokdaesan Mountain (600m above sea level) and with the Nakdonggang River flowing to the south. The dolmens form clusters of seven to ten each; although around forty are currently confirmed, local residents say there were once more, but many were removed as the fields were cultivated. The dolmens of Namjeon-ri are of the go-board type, with two variants mixed together, some with small supporting stones and some without. On the capstones of some dolmens are cup-marks, hollows carved to pray for a good harvest or for bearing children. Stone daggers, burnished red pottery and stone arrowheads excavated from within the stone chambers are on display at the Dong-a University Museum and the Miryang Municipal Museum. The dolmen group at Namjeon-ri is an important site, showing that many people lived in this area during the Bronze Age.

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Where it is

Region

Miryang, Gyeongnam

Designation

Provincial Monument · 시도기념물