A Study of Bronze Age Tombs in the Reaches Area of North Han River : Focused on Ditch Enclosure Tombs and Dolmens

This study analyzed the characteristics of ditch enclosure tomb and dolmens in the Bronze Age in the reaches area of North Han River. Both ditch enclosure tomb and dolmen are located on the alluvial site of the river, and the tomb was built in consideration of the flow of the river. They were built using materials that were easy to get around. The ditch enclosure tomb were created from the 11th to 7th centuries B.C., and were divided into three stages. Unlike previous studies that were divided based on appearance and layout, it reflected the diversification of burial relics along with layout. Ditch enclosure tombs and dolmens are parallel in Chuncheon during the 9th and 7th centuries BC. Ditch enclosure tombs spread from the upper to the lower stream of the North Han River, Dolmen were built the 10th century BC to the 5th century BC at the stie of Jungdo-dong. Dolmen spread around the reaches area of North Han River basin, centering on Jungdo-dong site. The dolmens of the Jungdo-dong site and the ditch enclosure tomb of Cheonjeon-ri site were parallel during the 9th to 7th centuries BC. The relationship between the two groups is not positive given the redundancy of residence. The funeral customs of the two groups have a common point of burying stone arrowheads and jade inside the tomb room and earthenware outside the tomb, but there was a difference in the type of relics and the method of burying them. In addition, only dolmen construction group used the cremation pit. These factors indicate that the construction groups of the ditch enclosure tomb and Dolmen are similar but different groups.