Naju Heungdeok-ri Stone Chamber Tomb

This is a Baekje-period stone chamber tomb built at the southern end of the ridge of Jamisan Mountain, located north of Heungdeok-ri. The tomb is a double-chamber tomb in which two stone chambers were built side by side, separated by a single wall; both chambers are equipped with an entrance passage (yeondo) and a drainage system. Artefacts were excavated only from the eastern chamber, comprising one piece of earthenware, one silver cap ornament, and coffin nails; the coffin nails show that the body had been placed in a wooden coffin. Judging from the structure of the stone chambers and the excavated artefacts, the tomb is presumed to date from the latter half of the sixth century. A single stone chamber tomb is generally built so that its own structure allows joint burial through later additional interments, but the Heungdeok-ri tomb is a very unusual case in which joint burial was instead achieved by placing two chambers side by side.

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Where it is

Region

Naju, Jeonnam & Gwangju

Designation

Cultural Heritage Material · 문화유산자료