Ancient Tombs in Daho-ri, Changwon

Basic information

Designation

Historic Site No.327

Category

유적지

Designated year

1988

Location

창원시, 경상남도— 경남 창원시 의창구 동읍 다호리 237-3번지

Coordinates

35.299302, 128.671853

Corresponding to the Three Kingdoms Period, the tomb is located in Daho-ri, Changwon-gun, Gyeongsangnam-do. Because of the topography featuring hill and humid flat land, the wooden relics were able to endure for a long period. An investigation found that most tombs are wooden coffin tombs and jar coffin tomb in part. The wooden coffin tomb is classified into three types depending on the size of the chamber as well as whether there is any annex chamber for grave goods or not. These three types are categorized based on the tomb owner's social standing. The wooden coffin discovered at Wooden Coffin Tomb No. 1 was made by vertically cutting into two a log with diameter of 1m in manger shape, unlike the wooden coffin in the west-north area. The excavated relics include bronze wares such as bronze sword and Chinese mirror (Hangyeong) and ironware such as Osujeon (coin), iron sword, dagger, cast iron axe, flat iron axe, etc. Sheath, bow, arrow, brass bowl, brush, fan, lacquer ware, and pattern-less pottery were excavated as well. Seongungyeong, which is a Chinese mirror, and Osujeon, a Chinese coin, were discovered, indicating that the Tombs in Daho-ri are relics estimated to date back to the late 1st Century BC to 1st Century AD. Considering the excavated various ironware pieces and the Chinese line of relics, it seems to be the tomb of a ruler who engaged in trade with Chinese and Nangnang based on the iron produced in this area. The Ancient Tombs in Daho-ri provides new sources of knowledge as to the formation period of old states. Moreover, the excavated log coffin presented a new type of wooden coffin, suggesting that there were active trades with China and Nangnang based on brush and Osujeon, Seongungyeong, serving as a source of knowledge confirming the cultural aspect at that time.

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