Gochang, Hwasun and Ganghwa Dolmen Sites
Gochang-gun County, Jeollabuk-do Province; Hwasun-gun County, Jeollanam-do Province; Ganghwa-gun County, Incheon Metropolitan City
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Identifier |
977 |
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states |
kr |
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category |
cultural |
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criteria |
(iii) |
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Title |
gochang, hwasun and ganghwa dolmen sites |
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latitude |
34.9666709900 |
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longitude |
126.9291687012 |
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location |
gochang-gun county, jeollabuk-do province; hwasun-gun county, jeollanam-do province; ganghwa-gun county, incheon metropolitan city |
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Region |
asia and the pacific |
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year |
2000 |
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unique number |
1141 |
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description |
the prehistoric cemeteries at gochang, hwasun, and ganghwa contain many hundreds of examples of dolmens - tombs from the 1st millennium bc constructed of large stone slabs. they form part of the megalithic culture, found in many parts of the world, but nowhere in such a concentrated form. |
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justification |
criterion (iii) the global prehistoric technological and social phenomenon that resulted in the appearance in the 2nd and 3rd millennia bce of funerary and ritual monuments constructed of large stones (the "megalithic culture") is nowhere more vividly illustrated than in the dolmen cemeteries of gochang, hwasun, and ganghwa. |
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