THE DOLMNS OF NORTH KOREA: THE PECULIAR STRUCTURE
It cannot be too much emphasized that the dolmens of North Korea are very important to understand the dolmen culture of the northeastern Asia. The peculiar structures of the dolmens in North Korea, which have been recognized up to now, can be classified according to the form of grave pit, the skill of construction, the things concerned with funeral rites, and so on. It is found out that, in the dolmens of North Korea, the facilities of a boundary of grave were formed by the stones which were piled or spread out within the sites of them. Judging from the view of funeral rites, it certainly proves the kinship or the blood relationship of the buried men in them that many grave pits were found in one boundary of grave.It has been investigated in the table-type dolmens that the stone props were not erected uprightly but tilted slightly inward. Such tilting inward seems to have kept the whole balance of a dolmen.Some of the peculiar things concerned with the burial are about partitioning of a grave pit. A grave pit was partitioned into some small spaces, almost divided into three or four partitions. Such partitioning has been investigated in the table-type dolmens as well as the pit-type dolmens. The peculiar features like partitioning of a grave pit can be identified only in the dolmens of North Korea. It has been investigated that the raised floors had been constructed in advance to form the sites of dolmens a little higher than a circumference. The dolmens were erected on the raised floors so that they commanded a fine view to be looked very well from any place, which shows how much people in those days gave attention to geographical features around the site, constructing the dolmens.
THE DOLMNS OF NORTH KOREA: THE PECULIAR STRUCTURE
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DOI: 10.37572/EdArt_2605225765
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Palavras-chave: North Korea, boundaries of grave, methods of constructing dolmens, partition of a grave pit, funeral rites.
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Keywords: North Korea, boundaries of grave, methods of constructing dolmens, partition of a grave pit, funeral rites.
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Abstract:
It cannot be too much emphasized that the dolmens of North Korea are very important to understand the dolmen culture of the northeastern Asia. The peculiar structures of the dolmens in North Korea, which have been recognized up to now, can be classified according to the form of grave pit, the skill of construction, the things concerned with funeral rites, and so on. It is found out that, in the dolmens of North Korea, the facilities of a boundary of grave were formed by the stones which were piled or spread out within the sites of them. Judging from the view of funeral rites, it certainly proves the kinship or the blood relationship of the buried men in them that many grave pits were found in one boundary of grave.It has been investigated in the table-type dolmens that the stone props were not erected uprightly but tilted slightly inward. Such tilting inward seems to have kept the whole balance of a dolmen.Some of the peculiar things concerned with the burial are about partitioning of a grave pit. A grave pit was partitioned into some small spaces, almost divided into three or four partitions. Such partitioning has been investigated in the table-type dolmens as well as the pit-type dolmens. The peculiar features like partitioning of a grave pit can be identified only in the dolmens of North Korea. It has been investigated that the raised floors had been constructed in advance to form the sites of dolmens a little higher than a circumference. The dolmens were erected on the raised floors so that they commanded a fine view to be looked very well from any place, which shows how much people in those days gave attention to geographical features around the site, constructing the dolmens.
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