Dolmen and the Bronze Age
Dolmen and the Bronze Age
Circular house site of Sinpoong ruins in Jangheung
Bronze Age houses and villages
Settlement life in the Bronze Age
During the Bronze Age, as agriculture spread widely and settled life began in earnest, people lived in villages in areas favorable to farming, such as low hills and flatlands. It is presumed that cultivated land and tombs were built close to the residential area, and the mountainous area behind it was used as a hunting space, and the river was used as a fishing space. Most of the houses in the Bronze Age are semi-dugout structures, and are largely divided into rectangular and circular shapes in plan. The rectangular shape appeared early in the Korean Peninsula and was identified throughout the country, and the so-called Songguk-ri type of round house was widely distributed in the Honam region. A village generally consists of dozens of houses, and in addition to the general residence, a common storage facility, a wide open space and buildings for assembly and religious ceremonies, and defense facilities such as cheers and watchtowers were equipped at the outer boundary of the village.