Location | Jilin Province |
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Region | Liuhe County |
Coordinates | 42°16′46″N125°54′14″E / 42.279388°N 125.903925°E |
Type | Tombs |
History | |
Periods | Mid to Late Pottery Period |
Cultures | Northern-style East Asian megaliths, Yemaek, Seodansan [1] |
Architecture | |
Architectural styles | Megalithic tombs |
Dolmens on the Upper Reaches of the Huifa River | |||||||
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Traditional Chinese | 輝髮河上游石棚墓 | ||||||
Simplified Chinese | 辉发河上游石棚墓 | ||||||
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The Dolmens on the Upper Reaches of the Huifa River are a collection of more than 80 megalithic tombs found along two tributaries of the Huifa River. [2]
The dolmens are located in the administrative divisions of Liuhe County and Meihekou City in Tonghua,Jilin. They are distributed throughout the drainage basins of the Yitong (Chinese :一統河; pinyin :yītǒng hé) and Santong (Chinese :三統河; pinyin :sāntǒng hé) rivers,both tributaries of the Huifa River. Most were built on low-lying mountain ridges. [2]
More than 80 dolmens have been recorded. The majority were made using a worked granite slab for the floor,three to four rectangular or square slabs as walls,and a large slab that was placed on the top to act as an overhanging roof. Most slabs measure over 1 metre,but the largest is approximately 2 metres. [2] The deceased was sometimes interred inside the dolmen or in a pit below the monument. In the latter cases,the walls of the grave were either made from stone or tamped earth. [3]
Excavations of the burials have discovered human remains,stone arrowheads,and reddish-brown coarse pottery. [4]
Based on a presumed relationship between the dolmens and other archaeological sites,Hong Feng suggested that they mainly date to the ninth century BCE,with some potentially being built into the fifth century BCE. [1] Yu Xiaohui,however,has argued that the dolmens represent the northernmost point where Northern-style East Asian megaliths are found. As a result,they are probably later than similar structures on the Liaoning Peninsula and may date later to around the fifth century BCE. [3]
The dolmens were listed as a Major Historical and Cultural Site Protected at the National Level in 2006. [2]
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