Jisan-dong Tumuli, Goryeong

Basic information

Designation

Historic Site No.79

Category

유적지

Era

가야시대

Designated year

1963

Location

고령군, 경상북도— 경북 고령군 고령읍 지산리 산8번지

Coordinates

35.721625, 128.258259

Goryeong is an old area of the Daegaya, which has hundreds of tombs at present. Among them, the group of tombs of Jisan-dong was numbered now up to the seventy-second tomb when the historical relics were arranged properly, assuming that the shape is clear and the size is relatively large. The tombs in this group are all shaped like the arch in the surface and; according to the size of the mound, they are classified into a small, middle, and a large size. Bongto, or mound, means that the shape of the tomb is made by piling up high with earth. The large tomb is mainly located in the upper ridge of a mountain and the middle tomb in the middle spine of a mountain. The small tombs were found around or below the large or middle tomb. The inner structure shows several forms like stone chamber, stone-lined tomb, and stone coffin. In the case of stone coffin, it succeeded to the tradition of the Bronze Age. The fact that there were several burials in one mound appeared is not suggested as a family grave but burials of the servants alive with the deceased. The investigated large tomb has lots of earthen vessels, including golden coffin, a suit of armor and a helmet, and long sword, as well as ornamental objects excavated. It is considered as the tomb of the ruling class, made in between the 4th and the 6th centuries. It is an important site of historic relics to showing the culture and the politics of this area.

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