Relationships between Ancient Burial Mounds’ Construction Methods in Korean Peninsula and Northern Kyushu, Japan

Abstract eng:
Dolmens(B.C.7~B.C.8 hundred) and cairn (stone burials, B.C.1 hundred in the North of Korean Peninsula were introduced from thecold and less rain climatic Northeastern Region, China. And burial mounds in the Lelang commandery (about B.C.1hundred~A.D.3hundred) were introduced from dry and the semi-dry climatic Y ellow River basin. Their construction methods including burial style were affected by those in China. Lelang this construction method developed to the cairn burials with wooden compartments in Sinra (late A.D.3 hundred~).On the other hand, burial mounds (B.C.1.5 hundred~ in the warm and wet climatic Northern Kyushu, Japan followed the Jiangnan burial mounds (B.C.1.1~B.C.0.2 thousand) construction method in the lower Chang River basin because of similar climate. This is an overground burial style which is a revolutionary change from the traditional underground burial to protect burial matters from the ground water. Dolmens and burial mounds (A.D.2hundred~) in the Southwest of Korean Peninsula are similar shape and burial style to those in Northern Kyushu, Japan. There seems to be close relations between burial styles of Korea and Japan.The construction methods including burial styles in Korean Peninsula and Northern Kyushu, Japan have been influenced by those in China and have individually developed according to their natura l environments. And their construction methods affected each other between Korean Peninsula and Northern Kyushu, Japan.

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