Paju Dayulri.dangha-ri Dolmen Group

Dolmens (jiseokmyo) are the representative tombs of the Bronze Age, known chiefly as the tombs of a ruling elite who held economic wealth or political power. A huge capstone is exposed above ground, beneath which are support stones, a burial-precinct structure and a burial chamber, though their form varies greatly according to region and period. They are generally classified into the table type (takja-sik), with the burial chamber above ground, and the go-board type (giban-sik), with the chamber underground; a form in which the chamber is underground but no support stones are placed beneath the huge capstone is termed separately the capstone type (gaeseok-sik), or unsupported type (mujiseok-sik). The Dayul-ri and Dangha-ri Dolmen Group is the largest dolmen group in northern Gyeonggi Province. It lies on the slope of a low hill, 60-80 m above sea level, extending southeast from Jangmyeonsan Mountain (102 m above sea level). Administratively the site is divided between Dayul-ri and Dangha-ri, but as it lies along the ridge of the same mountain range, it is thought to have originally been a single large dolmen group. Excavations have shown that the Dayul-ri and Dangha-ri dolmens are characterised by the coexistence of table-type and capstone-type dolmens, with the burial chambers containing mainly stone artefacts as grave goods, such as polished stone daggers, stone arrowheads, half-moon stone knives and stone chisels.

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Where it is

Region

Paju, Gyeonggi

Designation

Provincial Monument · 시도기념물