earticle

영어

The Joong-do prehistoric site is located in the Lake of ?am dam of Chuncheon City, the capital of Kangweon province situated on the confluence of the North Han River and the Soyang River. This island site, it is washed away by the differance between the rise and fall of the lake water level, every year since 1967.
The appoximate locations of Joong-do site is at 37℃ 52′;northern latitude, and 127℃ 51′ eastern longitude. The elevation of the present cultivation area is appoximately 80 meter above sea-level.
This prehistoric sites, possibly ranges from Neolithic and Bronze Age to early lron Age, was brought to light in the consecutive excavations and surveys from 1981 to 1983 by the Institute of Kangweon Community Culture and the Museum of Kangweon National University. Some dolmens and ancient tombs (stone mounded), various stone tools, potteries and other relics of Neolithic, Bronze Age and early Iron Age were discovered by survey work of our excavation team from the surface and disturbed areas in the island site since 1981.
During the excavation work from November 2 to December 1 in 1983, we were excavated a dolmen at center in the inland. The dolmen have four pieces of stone slab were used to make an oblong chamber covered by a large flat top stone of triangular form(size;270×196×40㎝, weight;3 ton). Both the top stone and the stone chamber surrounded by stone mounds for burial is buried under the surface.
Three stone slabs of chamber coffin are required to support, but rest one inverse trapezoid stone slab of westward was not to support the top stone. The subsistance of unsupported stone slab suggested the existence of a stone chamber of which one side is open. We presumed the open side was used as a door of stone coffin.
The bottom of the stone coffin under top stone was made by means of small pebble stones and large pebble stone slabs from the adjacent river beds. Size of stone slabs of coffin is at 191×94×13㎝;southern, 171×81×13㎝;northern, 80×72×9㎝;eastern.
It seems, however, chronology of the dolmen are comparable to the later period of the plain coarse pottery culture(B.C.3~2C) in late Bronze Age.