
Successful agriculture also enabled established civilization that is responsible for organized hierarchy in the population such as slaves and working class. The Gochang area dolmen cluster contains the world’s biggest variety of dolmen types in a single area.Īgricultural development during the Neolithic and Bronze Age was crucial for the growth of organized communities and population growth. The sun rises over the Gochang Dosan-ri Dolmen, which is a northern-type dolmen in Gochang, North Jeolla Province. Reading the stars was key to understanding weather patterns and agriculture heavily relied on weather patterns and timely planting for successful farming. Some Korean dolmens have a star chart accurately carved on them. More dolmens are located in Korea than anywhere else. The dolmens, similar to standing stones in other cultures, is as common as, and as Korean as kimchi in Korea.

The dolmens are megalithic burial monuments and places of worship, estimated to have been erected from the early Neolithic period into the Bronze Age. Korea hosts an abundant number of dolmens, which stand as proof that the Korea Peninsula was a happening place during the prehistoric period.


Ganghwa Bugeun-ri Dolmen is an iconic table shaped northern-style dolmen in Ganghwado, in Bugeun-ri, Ganghwa-do, Incheon, The table-shaped dolmen is the longest stone of this kind in South Korea, measuring 7.1 meters long.
