A Herman Ottó Múzeum Évkönyve 32. Kunt Ernő emlékére. (1994)

TANULMÁNYOK - BYONG-MO KIM: Megalitikus kultúrák Koreában (magyar és angol nyelven)

dolmens being in groups, whether the number of groups in a district would signify the number of clans coexisted in the district and so forth has to be done in the future. Orientation To which direction the head of the dead is laid is another important factor for archaeologists to understand the ancient people's sprititual world. As to the orientation of the long axis of the dolmen there have been some efforts. A group of five dolmens in Huanghae province had an orientation cast to west but in man: other cases there is not an uniform orientation either east to west or north to south. In regard to the orientation of the dolmen a Korean archaeologiest Lee, Yung-jo interpreting the excavation of dolmens along the River Tae-chong, discovered that the orientation of the long axis of the dolmens in the area is parallel to the direction of river flows. So that the orientation of the dolmen could be east to west and north to south according to the direction of the river. Should this kind of phoenornenum is repeatedly observed in the future, one would assume that the water (river) to the dolmen builders was more important object to purchase than anything else particularly in the rice cultivating economy life, consequently the longevity and the prosperity should only be provided by the water. / 149